PYRALIDjE. 



black ; the 3rd joint of palpi black ; the tufts behind the eyes 

 ochreous. Fore wing dingy brown, the veins fuscous black ; 

 diffused curved fuscous subbasal, antemedial, and postrnedial 

 lines ; black spots in cell and on discocellular. Hind wing pale 

 reddish brown. 



Hob. Murree (Harford). Exp. 20 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus HELIOTHELA. 

 Heliothela, Gum. Delt. $ Pyr. p. 152 (1864). 



Type, H. atraUs, HUbn., from Europe. 



Eange. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions. 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed below with hair towards 

 extremity, the 3rd prominent ; maxillary palpi triangularly scaled ; 

 antennae of male somewhat thickened and minutely ciliated ; legs 

 short, the tibiae smoothly scaled, with the spurs moderate ; wings 

 short and broad. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 well separated from 8, 9 ; 10 free. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 0, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



5276. Heliothela ophideresana, Wlk. Cat. xxviii, p. 459; C. $ S. 



no. 4526. 

 Heliothela pusilla, Sutl. Ill Set. vii, p. 93, pi. 134, fig. 15. 



Black-brown ; abdomen with 

 P a ^ e rings. Fore wing irrorated 

 with a few steel-blue scales, which 

 form a small spot at end of cell ; 

 an oblique whitish postmedial 

 band from costa to vein 5 and 

 more prominent on underside, 

 -p. rtoo Hind wing orange-yellow, with a 



o$ider<xana, <$ . \. black med 1 ial P at ^ from costa to 

 lower angle or cell; a very broad 

 marginal black band, widest at apex and from vein 2 to anal 

 angle. 



Hob. Dharmsdla ; Ceylon; Madagascar; Australia. Exp. 17 

 millim. 



Genus SIM2ETHISTIS, nov. 



Type, S. tricolor, Butl. 



Range. N.W. Himalayas ; Assam. 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed below with long hair, the 

 3rd prominent; maxillary palpi minute; frons with a rounded 

 prominence; antennae annulated. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 

 given off at regular intervals. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper 



