Species of Pyralida?. 17 



(03 a) *Pionea ignitalis, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax deep red-brown ; base of palpi and 

 antennae, sides of frons, and throat pure white ; tarsi white; 

 abdomen paler brown. Fore wing with the basal and costal 

 areas brown, the rest of wing orange-brown suffused with 

 brilliant purple-crimson ; a curved yellow band just beyond 

 middle from below costa to inner margin, dilated at lower 

 angle of cell, enclosing some crimstm spots and edged by 

 red lines; cilia orange. Hind wing orange with the area 

 between snbmedian fold and vein 5 suffused with crimson, 

 crossed by an oblique yellow postmedial band outwardly 

 edged with red ; the termen black at apex, purple at middle ; 

 the tornus truncate. 



Hab. Niger R., Warri {Roth). Exp. 18 mm. Type in 

 Coll. Rothschild. 



(76 a) Pionea inesophcealis, sp. n. 



£ . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi at base, pectus, 

 legs, and abdomen whitish, the anal tuft yellow. Fore 

 wing yellow irrorated with fuscous brown, except inner basal 

 area, the basal costal area and medial area slightly darker; 

 a rather diffused straight erect antemedial fuscous line ; 

 a slight pale spot at lower angle of cell ; a strong fuscous 

 postmedial line, excurved below costa, then curved inwards 

 to below angle of cell and straight to inner margin ; a slight 

 diffused dark terminal band ; cilia pale yellow. Hind wing 

 white, the terminal area slightly tinged with ochreous ; an 

 indistinct curved dark postmedial line except towards inner 

 margin ; the underside with the costal area suffused with 

 brown. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu, Roromo {Crawshay), 1 cf 

 type. Exp. 30 mm. 



(82 a) Pionea ectophcealis, sp. n. 



$ . Pale lemon-yellow ; palpi rufous, white below ; pectus 

 and legs white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with yellow. 

 Fore wing with the costal edge brown ; the termen narrowly 

 brown, the cilia brown at base, white at tips. Hind wing 

 with a terminal line and base of cilia brown from apex to 

 vein 2, the rest of cilia white. 



Hab. Amboina {Doherty), 1 ? type. Exp. 22 mm. 



(82 b) Pionea brunncicilialis, sp. n. 

 <£. Fulvous yellow ; tibiae and tarsi whitish. Fore wing 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xii. 2 



