434 



5235. Pyrausta hyalodiscalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi, p. 471. 



2 . Head orange fulvous ; palpi white below ; thorax and abdomen 

 dark leaden fuscous, the anal tuft fulvous ; wings dark leaden 

 ; uscous ; the costal area of fore wing and marginal area and cilia 

 ot both wings orange. Fore wing with oblique sinuous antemedial 

 black line, triangular hyaline white spot in end of cell ; a medial 

 black line excurved beyond cell. Hind wing with indistinct 

 sinuous medial line. 



Hob. Khasis. Exp. 22 millim. 



5236. Pyrausta profusalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 95. 



cJ . Eufous ; wings thickly irrorated with fuscous scales. Fore 

 wing with indistinct curved antemedial ferruginous line ; a speck 

 in cell. Both wings with discocellular lunule ; a postmedial line 

 sinuous from costa to vein 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell 

 and angled above vein 1 ; a marginal series of specks. Underside 

 pale. 



Hob. Khakis ; Ceylon ; Tenasserim. Exp. 18 millim. 



5237. Pyrausta nigritalis, n. sp. 



c? . G-lossy black-brown ; palpi orange-yellow ; legs ochreous. 

 Both wings with faint traces of dark discocellular patch and of 

 obliquely curved postmedial line. 



Hob. Bernardmyo, Burma (Doherty). Exp. 18 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



5238. Pyrausta coormnba, Hmpsn. III. Set. viii, p. 132, pi. 154, fig. 13. 

 Ebulea anomalalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii, p. 110. 



$ . Dark reddish brown ; palpi white below ; abdomen slightly 

 ringed with white. Fore wing with indistinct dark antemedial 

 line ; a dark discocellular spot ; a minutely crenulate postmedial 

 line highly excurved between veins 6 and 2. Hind wing with 

 indistinct minutely crenulate postmedial line. Both wings with 

 marginal series of whitish specks. Underside of both wings with 

 evenly curved postmedial series of black specks. 



Larva greenish white, naked ; feeds on a species of Nettle, 

 rolling the leaf ; pupa black. 



Hob. Khasis ; Margharita, Assam ; Nilgiris. Exp. 26 millim. 



5239. Pyrausta tinctalis, Hmpm. Ill Set. viii, p. 132, pi. 154, fig. 6. 



Brown suffused with purple ; palpi white below ; abdomen ringed 

 with white. Fore wing with antemedial black line bent outwards 

 below costa ; traces of a large dark discocellular spot ; a postmedial 

 sinuous line highly excurved between veins 6 and 2, along which 

 it is retracted, then sinuous to inner margin, with some white on 

 its outer edge. Hind wing with black spots at upper and lower 

 angles of cell ; a postmedial line highly excurved from vein 6 to 3, 

 then inwardly oblique ; the outer area darker. Both wings with 

 marginal series of black specks. 



llab. Nilgiri plateau. Exp. 26 millim. 



