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then bent inwards ; a punctiform rufous terminal line ; cilia 

 with a rufous line at middle and white tips. Hind wing 

 ochreous white. 



Hab. Transvaal, White R. {Cooke), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



(75 a) Pyrausta arenicola, sp. n. 



Head and thorax ochreous, the frons whitish ; palpi white 

 at base ; pectus and legs white, the tibiae and tarsi tinged with 

 ochreous, the tarsi with brownish bands ; abdomen white 

 tinged with ochreous. Fore wiugochreous tinged with fulvous; 

 a brownish antemedial line, somewhat oblique from costa to 

 median nervure ; a faint dark discoidal lunule; postmediai 

 line brown, excurved from costa to vein 2, then bent inwards 

 to near origin of vein 2, where there is a dark point, then 

 again bent outwards and with a dark point above inner 

 margin ; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing pale ochreous 

 tinged with fulvous towards termen ; cilia whitish at tips. 



Hab. Algeria, Biskra {Waking ham) , 3 $ type. Exp. 

 18 mm. 



(92 a) Pyrausta br achy pter alls, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax rufous; palpi below and throat 

 white ; mid and hind tibiae and tarsi white, the fore tibiae 

 white, with rufous band near extremity ; abdomen pale 

 rufous. Fore wing pale rufous ; a slight dark discoidal 

 lunule ; a postmediai series of fuscous points excurved 

 between veins 6 and 4, then very oblique ; a fine terminal 

 rufous line ; cilia rufous at base, whitish at tips. Hind 

 wing short and rounded, yellowish tinged with rufous, the 

 termen and base of cilia deeper rufous from apex to vein 2. 



Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 ^ type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



(92 b) Pyrausta sabulosa, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with 

 rufous ; palpi white at base ; antennae with long cilia, the 

 shaft with dark rings. Fore wing ochreous tinged with 

 rufous and irrorated with rather large brown scales ; a slight 

 dark discoidal bar ; postmediai line indistinct, dark, ex- 

 curved between veins 5 and 2, then bent inwards to near 

 origin of vein 2 and again slightly excurved ; a series of 

 black points just before termen ; cilia with a brown line near 

 base. Hind wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated with 

 brown ; an indistinct dark postmediai line excurved between 

 veins '5 and 2, then bent inwards to below end of cell, and 



