Pyialidac of the SuhfamUij PyraustiiiER. 403 



[);ilpi black-brown, the latter white below ; pectus, legs, and venti-al 

 surface of abdomen white, the fore femora and tibiae suffused with 

 cupreous brown and the mid tibiai with cupreous brown spots at 

 extremity. Fore wing cujjreous brown, an ochreous white fascia 

 below costa from the antemedial to beyond the postmedial line ; 

 antemedial line dark brown defined on inner side by ochreous 

 white, arising at median nervure and slightly angled outwards 

 above inner margin, an ochreous white patch beyond it at inner 

 margin ; a small semihyaline white spot in middle of cell and 

 disccjidal spot defined by dark brown except above where it is con- 

 fiuent with the subcostiil fascia ; postmedial line dark brown, waved 

 and defined on outer side by a waved ochreous white band, with a 

 semihyaline white patch before it beyond the cell and spots below 

 veins -i, 3, 2, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; a narrow 

 terminal ochreous white band and a terminal series of small brown 

 spots to vein 2; cilia white. Hind wing semihyaline white to tie 

 postmedial line, then ochi-eous white ; small black-brown subbasal 

 spots below the cell and above inner margin ; a black diseoidal bar ; 

 postmedial line black-brown, arising below costa, cm'ved and waved 

 between veins 5 and 2, where it is retracted, then sinuous to inner 

 margin ; a wedge-shaped cupreous brown subterminal patch with 

 waved edges from below costa to vein 3, then a rather diffused 

 interrupted sinuous line ; a terminal series of small brown spots to 

 vein 2 ; cilia white. 



Hah. Colombia, Sierra del Libane {S. H. Smith), 2 d type. 

 Exp. 20 mm. 



(103 i) Pyrausta xantTiyalinalis, sp. n. 



5 . Head and thorax pale yellow tinged with rufous ; abdomen 

 pale yellow ; frons with blackish bars at sides ; palpi black-brown 

 above and Avhite at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdo- 

 men white, the legs tinged with yellow, the fore legs with dark 

 brown mark at femoro-tibial joint. Fore wing pale yellow, thinlv 

 scaled, the costal area tinged with rufous and the costal edge dark 

 brown to the postmedial line ; antemedial line brown, slightly 

 cm'ved ; a dark brown diseoidal lunule ; postmedial line dark brown, 

 curved inwards and obsolescent between veins 5 and 2 and slightly 

 excurved above inner margin ; a terminal series of brown stri:c 

 from apex to vein 4. Hind wing pale yellow, thinly scaled ; a 

 brown diseoidal striga ; postmedial line brown, curved inwards and 

 obsolescent between veins 5 and 2. 



Hub. Ecuador, R. Pastaza, El Topo {Palmer), 3 J type. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



(100 J) Pyrausta microdontalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown ; abdomen 

 white faintly tinged with brown ; palpi red-brown, white below ; 



