Species of Pyralidse. 31 



white streaks ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 yellowish white. Fore wing ochreous yellow, the costal area 

 broadly suffused with dull blood-red to beyond middle : 

 broad, almost confluent, diffused, red basal antemedial and 

 postmedial bands, the two latter confluent below the cell ; 

 a broad terminal red band with diffused inner edge almost 

 confluent with the postmedial band; cilia yellow. Hind 

 wing white tinged with yellow. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Tana R. {Crawshay), 1 <$ type. 

 Exp. 16 mm. 



(141 a) Pyrausta hcematidalis , sp. n. 



<$ . Deep ochreous yellow ; head and thorax partly suffused 

 with blood-red ; palpi fulvous, whitish below. Fore wing 

 w r ith the costal area deep blood-red to the postmedial line ; 

 three subbasal red spots, almost forming a maculate band; 

 grey spots edged with blood-red at middle of cell and on 

 discocellulars; a V-shaped medial grey band edged with blood- 

 red, the inner arm arising from a spot at middle of cell, the 

 outer arm from beyond the discoidal spot, the two confluent 

 below the cell and expanding in submedian fold, the post- 

 medial line forming the outer edge of this band and continued 

 to the costal fascia as an obsolescent red line slightly bent 

 outwards below costa ; a subterminal grey band defined by 

 waved red lines, its inner edge angled inwards below T the costa 

 and at discal and submedian folds ; a narrow red terminal 

 band with points on its inner edge ; cilia yellowish white, 

 with brown medial line. Hind wing with indistinct diffused 

 brownish patches at lower angle of cell and on inner area : a 

 brown terminal band with diffused inner edge, leaving some 

 yellow on termen ; cilia yellow, with brownish tips ; the 

 underside with the costal area broadly suffused with brown 

 to beyond middle and conjoined to the patch at lower angle 

 of cell. 



? . Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous brown, leaving 

 the costal area yellowish to beyond middle. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 $ type, 

 Stoney R. (Craicshay), 1 ? . Exp. 16 mm. 



(144 b) Pyrausta h&matidea, sp. n. 



<^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish red mixed with 

 yellowish j palpi white at base; pectus and legs whitish, the 

 fore tibiae banded white and brown ; abdomen with white 

 patch on anal tuft above, the ventral surface white. Fore 



