Species of Pyralidae. 37 



Ab. 1. Fore wing uniformly suffused with purple-red, the 

 outer medial area somewhat darker. 



? . Abdomen without the silvery-white spot on anal 

 segment ; fore wing nearly uniform pale red ; hind wing 

 tinged with reddish except on basal area. 



Hab. Cuba, Santiago (Schaus), 5 <$, 3 ? type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



(193 b) Pyrausta heliothidia, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some 

 ochreous ; abdomen black-brown with slight ochreous seg- 

 mental lines ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 yellow irrorated with black. Fore wing grey-brown thickly 

 irrorated with black-brown. Hind wing yellow ; a black 

 fascia in lower part of cell, with some greyish hair on it 

 from near base to just beyond the cell, and a similar fascia 

 above inner margin from near base to tornus ; a black sub- 

 terminal band diffused on apical half to the black terminal 

 line ; cilia blackish mixed with yellow. Underside ochreous 

 yellow ; fore wing with black spot in middle of cell and 

 discoidal bar. 



Hub. Peru, Oroya, 1 £ type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(211 a) Pyrausta albescens, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with 

 whitish, the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 with more white. Fore wing pale bronze-brown, the terminal 

 area whitish, some blackish suffusion on basal inner area; 

 a black streak below extremity of cell and spot at upper 

 angle ; some slight black streaks beyond lower angle of cell ; 

 a black terminal line. Hind wing whitish, the inner area 

 suffused with brown ; a blackish-brown postmedial band 

 between veins 6 and 2 and a subterminal band ; a black 

 terminal line. Underside whitish suffused in parts with 

 brown ; fore wing with brown discoidal bar. 

 Hab. Peku, Oroya, 1 ? type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(214 a) Pyrausta holophaalis, sp. n. 



? . Black-brown with a metallic gloss ; frons with lateral 

 yellow streaks ; pectus and legs pale brown ; fore tarsi 

 yellowish ; wings without trace of markings. 



Hab. China, Foo-chau (Leech), 1 ? type. Exp. '2:1 mm. 



