On new Species o/Pyralida?. 290 



broader than long. Abdomen elongate, almost parallel to 

 segment 7. Tube about 0*7 the length of the head. Abdo- 

 minal spines pointed. 



Nearest T. femoralis, Moulton, from which it may be 

 distinguished by the shorter and more transverse prothorax, 

 the relative lengths of the distal antenna! joints, the shorter 

 tube, and the colour of the fore-tibia and tube. 



Hab. West Africa : Sierra Leone. 



Numerous dried specimens in the British Museum. 



XXXVIII. — Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidrc of the 

 Subfamily Pyraustinse. By Sir George F. Hampson, 

 Bart., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Continued from p. 38.] 



(7 b) Tegostoma confluent alis, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with pale 

 brown. Fore wing reddish brown ; the base suffused with 

 white ; the costal edge white ; an oblique white medial band, 

 straight from costa to vein 1, then curved outwards and 

 joining at inner margin the rather strong, obliquely curved, 

 yellowish-white postmedial line; termeu narrowly white; 

 cilia white. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown. 

 Hab. Egypt (Fortescue), 1 ? type. Exp. 26 mm. 



(8 a) Tegostoma ancemica, sp. n. 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with pale 

 red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown ; an oblique yellowish- 

 white postinedial band defined on outer side by red-brown. 

 Hind wing pale red-brown. 



Hab. Baluchistan, Mekran Coast, Ormara [Cumming), 

 1 <£ type. Exp. 12 mm. 



(8 a) Noctuelia tristrigalis, sp. n. 



Black ; fore coxae and mid femora with white streaks ; 

 abdomen with the ventral surface white except at extremity ; 

 anal tuft white. Fore wing with orange-yellow patch from 

 base extending below costa to beyond middle and to tornus, 

 leaving the costa and inner margin narrowly black, its outer 



