Species of Pyralidae. 35 



(165 a) Pyrausta diatoma, sp. n. 



J 1 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous yellow ; palpi 

 rufous, white below at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral sur- 

 face of abdomen white. Fore wing yellow ; the costal area 

 tinged with blood-red towards base ; an oblique diffused 

 blood-red line from cosia beyond middle to middle of inner 

 margin ; the termen tinged with blood-red. Hind wing 

 yellowish white ; the underside with brownish postmedial 

 shade from costa to vein 3. 



Hab. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 <$ type. Exp. 

 18 mm. 



(170 a) Pyrausta rhodoxantha, sp. n. 



Syllythria tyralis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 206 (part.), nee 

 Guen. 



Head and thorax purplish pink mixed with yellowish ; 

 palpi white below ; pectus and legs yellowish tinged with 

 red-brown ; abdomen yellowish dorsally suffused, with 

 purplish red. Fore wing purplish pink ; some yellowish at 

 base of inner margin ; a yellowish subbasal spot in sub- 

 median interspace and an oblique antemedial band from 

 middle of cell to inner margin ; a quadrate discoidal spot 

 with some diffused yellowish from it to inner margin ; 

 a yellowish postmedial band, excurved to vein 4, then bent 

 inwards to near angle of cell, and erect to inner margin ; 

 some slight yellow marks before termen ; a terminal brown 

 line from apex to vein 4 ; cilia brownish white. Hind wing 

 yellowish tinged with brown, the termen crimson from apex 

 to vein 2, on which there is a crimson streak, a brown band 

 before termen from apex to vein 4. 



Hab. Mexico, Guadalajaro (Schaus), 1 <$ type, Guerrero, 

 Amula (H. H. Smith), 1 ? , Cuernavaca, Morelos (H. H. 

 Smith), 1 <$ , Yucatan, Temax (Gaumer), 1 <£, Godman-Sal- 

 vin Coll. Exp. 20 mm. 



(173 a) Pyrausta tenuilinea, sp. n. 



cJ . Head brown ; thorax brown suffused with purplish 

 pink; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish suffused with 

 brown. Fore wing purplish pink ; a curved yellowish ante- 

 medial line ; a brown discoidal striga ; postmedial line fine, 

 yellowish, excurved and slightly sinuous to vein 4, then re- 

 tracted to below end of cell and again excurved ; a terminal 

 series of minute dark points ; cilia brown. Hind wing 



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