30 Sir Gr. F. Hampson on new 



near base. Hind wing with fuscous discoidal point ; post- 

 medial line strong, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, 

 then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique to inner 

 margin near tornus ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia with a 

 blackish line near base, the tips tinged with fuscous except 

 towards tornus. 



Hab. Gazaland, Chirinda Forest {Marshall), 1 ? type. 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



(107 b) Pyrausta phceopastalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head yellow ; palpi rufous, white at base ; thorax pale 

 yellow-brown ; pectus and legs whitish ; abdomen pale 

 fuscous brown, with slight whitish segmental rings, the anal 

 tuft yellow. Fore wing pale yellowish thickly suffused and 

 irrorated with fuscous brown, leaving the costa towards apex 

 and terraen yellower ; a faint dark spot in end of cell and 

 discoidal lunule ; traces of a dark diffused postmedial line, 

 more distinct towards costa, oblique from costa to vein 4, 

 then inwardly oblique ; a terminal series of slight dark 

 strise ; cilia yellow. Hind wing greyish ochreous suffused 

 with fuscous brown; a slight dark terminal line; cilia 

 yellow ; the underside paler, with traces of a curved post- 

 medial line. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



(126 a) Pyrausta albogrisea, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with 

 dark brown, the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 whiter. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey-white ; 

 traces of a dark antemedial line defined on outer side by 

 whitish ; a dark point in middle of cell and discoidal bar ; 

 postmedial line very indistinct, dark, excurved from below 

 costa to. vein 3, then incurved and with yellowish spot at 

 submedian fold ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing white slightly irrorated with brown ; a slight curved 

 postmedial line ; a blackish terminal line, expanding into 

 small spots at the veins ; cilia dark at tips ; the underside 

 with small black discoidal lunule. 



Hab. W. Colombia, San Antonio (Palmer), 1 ? type. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



(142 a) Pyrausta sanguifusalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep ochreous yellow, the 

 head and thorax suffused with blood -red ; sides of frons with 



