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(34 a) Pyrausta hamaproctis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and tegulae pale brown; thorax grey; palpi 

 dark brown above, white below ; pectus white ; legs white 

 tinged with brown, the fore tibiae with brown band at extre- 

 mity ; abdomen pale brown, the anal tut't crimson, the ventral 

 surface white. Fore wing pale grey-brown, the lower part of 

 cell and the area below it to submediau fold white ; a minute 

 dark discoidal lunule; postmedial line indistinct, dark, ex- 

 curved to vein 4, then oblique ; cilia with a fine whitish line 

 at base and whitish tips. Hind wing pale grey-brown, the 

 basal and inner areas whitish ; traces of a dark postmedial 

 line from costa to vein 4 ; cilia with a fine white line at base 

 and whitish tips ; the underside whitish, with the postmedial 

 line more distinct. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, La Oroya (Ockenden), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 28 mm. 



(35 a) Pyrausta melanocera, sp. n. 



Fore wing with slight subbasal fovea in cell, 

 <$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow ; antennae 

 black except basal joint. Fore wing ochreous yellow, the 

 costal edge brownish. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Minna (Macfie), 1 <$ type. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



(37 a) Pyrausta metaleucu, sp. n. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown ; legs streaked 

 whitish and brown ; abdomen with the ventral surface 

 whitish. Fore wing pale reddish brown ; traces of a curved 

 dark antemedial line ; a slight dark spot in upper part of 

 cell towards extremity and discoidal lunule ; traces of a dark 

 postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 4, then 

 oblique ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, 

 the costa and termen with a faint brownish tinge ; a terminal 

 series of black striae from apex to vein 1 ; the underside 

 white faintly tinged with brown, a dark discoidal point, a 

 postmedial punctiform line slightly excurved below discal 

 fold, a terminal series of black points. 



Hab. Germ. E. Africa, Kilimanjaro (Sjostedt), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



(43 a) Pyrausta achroalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with 

 rufous ; sides of palpi and frons rufous ; fore tibiae with 

 brown baud at extremity. Fore wing white faintly tinged 



