176 PYBALIDjE. 



SECT. II. Antennae of male with the serrations minute. 



A. Fore wing narrow. 



4600. Bostra sutmstalis, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 213, 



pi. 3, fig. 10. 



c? . Pale ferruginous. Fore wing with indistinct oblique ante- 

 medial darker line with pale inner edge ; a cell-spot ; a postmedial 

 line excurved from costa to vein 4 and with pale outer edge ; 

 some dark and pale specks on costa. Hind wing with curved 

 postmedial line with pale outer edge ; both wings with the cilia 

 dark at tips. 



Hob. Dhannsala. Exp. 22 millim. 



B. Fore wing broad. 



a. (Bostra). Patagia in male not extending beyond metathorax. 

 a'. Frons iviih a sharp tuft. 



4601. Bostra marginata, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 991. 

 Paleca rufescens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv, p. 354. 



Pyralis assamica, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 205, pi. 7, fig. 5 ; C. fy S. 

 no. 4441. 



Varies from greyish brown to rufous irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing with the basal area dark and bordered by a slightly 

 curved line ; a dark cell-spot ; a pale curved postmedial line in- 

 curved below vein 4, the area beyond it dark. Hind wing pale ; 

 traces of an antemedial line ; a slightly curved pale postmedial 

 line with the area beyond it dark. 



The Manipur race is large and richly coloured. 



Hab. Japan ; Assam ; Manipur ; Moulmein ; Nilgiris ; Borneo. 

 Exp., <$ 28-36, $ 32-44 millim. 



4602. Bostra vibicalis, Led. Wien. ent. Man. vii, p. 338, pi. 7, fig. 4 j 



C. # S. no. 4509. 

 Pyralis roborealis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 865, pi. 57, fig. 1 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 4464. 



Euclita fortis, Butl. Ill Net. vii, p. 92, pi. 134, fig. 14. 

 Stemmatophora foliata, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 418, pi. 44, fig. 5. 



Varies from grey-brown irrorated with fuscous to bright rufous 

 and dark purplish fuscous. Fore wing with blackish or pale dark- 



edged ante- and postmedial 



B^fe^>^ ^^^^ lines, the former sinuous and 



jfen^ ^~^i^i ^S sometimes bent outwards near 

 I ^S S*^ ^^* inner margin, the latter ex- 

 ^^ **? ^ curved from costa to vein 4, 

 * v^ then incurved ; a dark cell- 



F,g. 104.- 

 curyed lines, which meet at inner margin. 



spot. Hind wins: with dark 

 * slightly 



