Pyralidte of the Sahfdmily Pyraustiiioe. 189 



segmental lines ; antenn:e tinged with red-brown ; palpi pale 

 reddish brown with some white at 1)ase ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white mixed with pale reddish brown. Fore 

 wing white mostly suffused with pale reddish brown and irrorated 

 with a few black scales ; a diffused Iwnd of black scales near base ; 

 an antemedial band of black scales, indistinct to submedian fold 

 where it is angled outwards, thtni moi-e distinctly black ; a blackish 

 striga in middle of cell and V-shapcd white discoidal mark defined 

 by diffused black ; a pale reddish brown medial band, erect to 

 median nervure before the discoidal mark, then very oblique and 

 defined on outer side by a waved blackish line ; elongate white 

 marks below end of cell above and below vein 2 ; a faint dark post- 

 medial line, oblique to vein 6, then erect, waved, and with some 

 black scales on it to tornus, a i-ather triangular pale red-brown 

 patch on terminal area between veins 7 and 3^^ Hind wing white; 

 a terminal series of dark points to vein 2, a small black patch below 

 vein 2 with a line from it to tornus ; cilia with dark brown mixed 

 towards tornus. 



ILib. Peru, Carabaya, Oconeque {Ockenden), 1 6 tvpe. Exp. 

 38 mm. 



Genus Phltct.T'Nodes will stand as ^ 



Type. 



Loxostege, Hiibn. Yerz. p. 352 (1827) seruginalis. 



(51 a) Loxostege ohiiquivialis, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow, the patagia with red- 

 brown patches at base, the dorsum of thorax red-brown ; abdomen 

 reddish brown, the basal segment ochreous, rufous behind, the anal 

 tuft ochreous ; antennae brown ; palpi with some blackish at tips ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral sm-face of abdomen ochreous white. Fore 

 wing pale ochreous ; the cell and fascia below it to middle reddish 

 brown ; three obliquely placed reddish brown antemedial spots from 

 below the cell to inner margin ; a very oblique reddish brown post- 

 medial band from below the costa to inner margin, conjoined to 

 spots beyond the cell and below base of vein 2 ; an oblique sub- 

 terminal series of reddish brown spots in the interspaces ; a 

 terminal series of small brown spots. Hind wing white, the costal 

 area broadly and terminal area to submedian fold tinged witli red- 

 brown. Underside white, the fore wing and costal area of hind 

 wing tinged with red-brown. 



llab. Transvaal, Waterberg Distr. {Zutrencka) , 1 <$ type. 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



(53 ff) Loxostege aureodiscalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head whitish ; thorax i-ufous mixed with whitish ; abdomen 

 black with white segmental bands and some rufous at base ; an- 

 tennae blackish ; sides of frons and palpi black, the latter white in 



