440 PYRAMID. 



SEOT. II. (Nascia). Hind tibiae of male with the outer medial 

 spur minute. 



A. Antennae of male with no tooth on 3rd joint or excision 

 at base of shaft. 



a. Coxce of male without tufts of hair. 



5258. Pyrausta mbellalis, Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 577. 

 Botys coactalis, Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 577. 



<5 . Eufous ; palpi below and pectus pale. Fore wing with the 

 costa orange towards apex; faint traces of an antemedial line, of a 

 discocellular spot, and of a postmedial line excurved from costa to 

 vein 2, along which it is retracted ; cilia orange. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown, with traces of excurved postmedial line retracted 

 along vein 2 ; the cilia orange from apex to vein 2. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Tenasserim. Exp. 24 millim. 



5259. Pyrausta bisignata, Butt. III. Set. vii, p. 98, pi. 135, fig. 11. 



Bright ochreous. Fore wing slightly suffused with fuscous ; a 

 black spot in cell and larger spot on discocellulars ; traces of a 

 curved postmedial line bent inwards at vein 2. Hind wing fuscous, 

 with the cilia bright ochreous. 



Hob. Simla ; Dharmsala. Exp. 24 millim. 



5260. Pyrausta paupellalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 469, pi. 10, 



fig. 6 ; C. $ S. no. 4072. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and fore wing orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 whitish. Fore wing with the costal area slightly suffused with 

 rufous and fuscous ; a dark sinuous outwardly-oblique antemedial 

 line; a discocellular lunule ; a postmedial line highly excurved 

 from costa to vein 3, then bent inwards. Hind wing whitish, with 

 traces of a postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; 

 both wings with marginal dark line. 



Hob. ' India ' ; Ceylon. Exp. 16 millim. 



5261. Pyrausta obliquata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 224 ; C. Sf S. no. 4136. 

 Leucocraspeda nissoralis, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 145. 



Ochreous; palpi fulvous, white below. Fore wing with the 

 basal half of costal area fulvous ; an antemedial outwardly-oblique 

 rufous line dentate on vein 1 ; a black speck in cell and disco- 

 cellular lunule with a fascia from it to outer margin at vein 2 ; the 

 outer area between lower angle of cell, vein 5, and outer angle 

 suffused with fulvous ; a postmedial rufous line, outwardly oblique 

 from costa to vein 5, then dentate and retracted along vein 2 to 

 near lower angle of cell. Hind wing with the costal area whitish ; 

 a postmedial minutely dentate line retracted along vein 2 and 

 joined by a streak from lower angle of cell ; the outer area suffused 



