Pyralidee of the Subfamily Epipaschiane. 149 
white, slightly ineurved below costa, then minutely waved and 
excurved at middle; an apical fiery-red patch and some slight red 
suffusion towards tornus. Hind wing white, the fringe of hair on 
inner margin fiery red. Underside of fore wing tinged with red ; 
hind wing with the costal area irrorated with red. 
Hab. DutcH N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 
386 mm. 
(216) Stericta maroniensis, sp. n. 
3. Head and tegule whitish tinged with rufous; thorax and 
abdomen red-brown mixed with ochreous whitish ; palpi with 
black point on Ist joint and spot in front of 2nd ; ” pectus, legs, 
and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous suffused ate rufous, the 
fore legs and tarsi banded with black. Fore wing ochreous suf- 
fused with rufous, the basal half extending on inner area to tornus, 
and the apical part of terminal area thickly irrorated with fuscous 
and black; a slight black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; 
antemedial line ochreous, slightly sinuous; a black medial line, 
oblique to submedian fold, then double filled in with whitish and 
incurved ; postmedial line biicls sinuous and approximated to the 
medial line to submedian fold, then excurved; subterminal line 
indistinct and pale reddish, oblique to discal fold, then minutely 
dentate to vein 2, then double, blackish filled in with whitish and 
angled inwards at submedian fold; a terminal series of black 
striz ; cilia with some blackish at tips towards apex. Hind wing 
semihyaline whitish with a faint rufous tinge, the costal area, 
veins towards termen, and the termen suffused with red-brown ; 
cilia white with a reddish-brown line through them, brown except 
at base towards apex. Underside of fore wing red-brown, the 
inner area whitish; hind wing whitish, the costal area tinged with 
rufous, the apical area suffused with red-brown, a brown discoidal 
spot and curved rather punctiform postmedial line. 
Hab. Fx. Guinea, St. Laurent Maroni, 1 ¢ type. zp. 
29 mm. 
(8a) Orthaga hemileuca, sp. n. 
Q. Head and tegule white tinged with rufous; shoulders deep 
rufous with some black scales; thorax white tinged with rufous 
and irrorated with some black scales; abdomen pale rufous irro- 
rated with black ; antennz with slight dark rings; palpi irrorated 
with blackish, a blackish spot in front of 2nd joint and ring near 
its extremity; legs banded with blackish, the tarsi black ringed 
with whitish. Fore wing with the basal area whitish suffused 
with olive-brown and irrorated with blackish, the base and costa 
with bright rufous mixed; medial area creamy white ; the terminal 
area pale grey suffused with olive-brown especially towards costa ; 
antemedial tufts of raised black scales in submedian fold and 
below vein 1; a small medial brown spot on costa and fiery red 
and brown spot at inner margin ; a small tuft of white and black 
