244 PYRALID.E. 



below middle of cell ; a large black-edged, irregularly reniform, rufous 

 stigma on discocell ulars ; the postmedial pale line bent outwards 

 at vein 6, then obliquely curved to inner margin ; the outer area 

 grey, with dark patches on costa before apex, on outer margiu at 

 middle, and on inner margin beyond postmedial line ; a marginal 

 series of dark specks. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hob. Dharmsala (Hocking') ; Sikhim (Pilcher). Exp. 18 millim. 

 Type in B. M. 



4759. Scoparia murificalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 826 ; Hntpsn. III. Het. 



ix, pi. 174, fig. 10 ;C.$S. no. 4535. 

 Scoparia congestalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 826 ; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix. 



pi. 174, fig. 2 ; C. Sf S. no. 4532. 

 Scoparia truncicolella, Butt. III. Het. vii, p. 20 (nee Staintori). 



Grey, irrorated with black and suffused with reddish brown. 



Fore wing with oblique, slightly 

 sinuous pale antemedial line 

 with black on its outer edge; 

 obscure black spots in and 

 below middle of cell, and a 

 somewhat X-shaped black dis- 

 cocellular mark; a minutely 



Fig. 147. dentate postmedial pale line 



Scoparwmunficahs, rf. |. 



side and bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; ill-defined grey 

 patches on marginal area below apex and above outer angle con- 

 joined to the postmedial line ; a marginal series of black specks. 

 Hind wing whitish or pale fuscous. 



In N.W. Himalayan and some Ceylon specimens there is no- 

 reddish tinge. 



Hob. Simla ; Dharmsala ; Ceylon. Exp. 16-20 millim. 



4760. Scoparia vinotinctalis, n. sp. 



c? . Head, thorax, and fore wing violaceous grey, evenly and 

 thickly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing with slight black streak 

 below base of median nervure ; traces of a diffused oblique ante- 

 medial band and of a discocellular patch ; a dark postmedial line 

 bent outwards at vein 6, then oblique to inner margin, with a 

 diffused dark band beyond it, leaving a grey patch in the bend of 

 the line ; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wing pale, with 

 slight fuscous and ochreous tinge ; both wings with fuscous line 

 through the cilia. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau (ffampwn). Exp. 20 millim. Type in B. M. 



4761. Scoparia canicostalis, n. sp. 



Head grey and brown ; thorax] brown grizzled with grey ; 

 abdomen pale. Fore wing brown, with grey fasciae on costa and 

 median nervure, the latter irrorated with dark scales and with a 

 black streak below it ; a black discocellular spot ; the interspaces 



