34: Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



(150 b) Pijrausta prostygialis, sp. n. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; palpi 

 dark brown, white below towards base ; frons with white 

 streaks at sides; antennae fuscous; throat white; pectus 

 brown in front ; ventral surface of abdomen pale yellow. 

 Fore wing yellow tinged with fiery red, especially on terminal 

 area, the costal area suffused with fuscous to the postmedial 

 line ; antemedial line dark, angled outwards in submedian 

 fold ; a dark discoidal lunule ; postmedial line dark, sinuou3 

 to vein 2, then bent inwards and obsolescent to below end of 

 cell, and again excurved ; a black terminal line ; cilia white, 

 with a strong black line near base. Hind wing yellow 

 slightly tinged with red ; a blackish discoidal bar ; post- 

 medial line blackish, somewhat oblique to vein 2, then bent 

 inwards and obsolescent to lower angle of cell and sinuous 

 to inner margin ; a black terminal line except towards 

 tornus ; cilia white, with a strong blackish line near base 

 except towards tornus; the underside with the postmedial 

 line incurved at discal fold. 



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

 14 mm. 



(151a) Pyrausta metachrysalis, sp. n. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen olive suffused with 

 fuscous ; palpi white at base ; tarsi white ; abdomen at sides 

 and below yellowish. Fore wing olive suffused with pale 

 rufous ; an oblique antemedial series of indistinct rufous 

 spots ; a slight spot at middle of cell and faint discoidal 

 lunule ; a deep rufous rather diffused postmedial line, ex- 

 curved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, denned on outer 

 side by a yellow band. Hind wing deep orange. Underside 

 of fore wing orange, with diffused red postmedial band from 

 costa to vein 4 and diffused subterminal band ; hind wing 

 with diffused red subterminal line from costa to vein 2, the 

 termen and cilia tinged with red. 



Hab. Chili, Chilian (Efwes), 2 c? type. Exp. 26 mm. 



Subsp. — g . Fore wing with the suffusion and markings 

 rather darker. 



$ . Fore wing suffused with deep chocolate-brown to the 

 postmedial line. 



Hab. Patagonia, Chubut, Valle Lago Blanco, 1 £ , 5 ? . 

 Exp. 20 mm. 



