Fyiali.Ue of the Sah family Pyralinse. 67 



i-d) FyralU alriii[jars(tU.-<, sp. n. 



2 . Head whitish suffused with purplish pink ; thorax and 

 abdomen purplish pink mixed with some whitish and strongly 

 irrorated with black, the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen less strongh' iiToi-ated. Fore wing purplish pink mixed 

 wdth some whitish and strongly irrorated with l)lack, especially 

 on basal area except towai'ds costa ; antemedial line strong, 

 whitish defined on each side by black, oblique to submedian 

 fold, where it is angled outwards, angled inwards at vein 1 ; a 

 small blackish discoidal spot ; a whitish patch on costal area 

 towards apex, the whitish subterminal line arising from it, 

 excurved to vein 8, then incurved ; the termen purplish pink. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with purplish pink, the terminal half 

 suffused with fuscous and irrorated with black towards tornus ; 

 a whitish postmedial line, excurved at middle and angled out- 

 wards at veins 8 and 2, then oblique to tornus ; the termen 

 pm-plish pink ; cilia whitish, mixed with pink and black at tips. 

 Underside whitisli mixed with pink and fuscous ; fore wing with 

 the subterminal line indistinct, except the patch on costal area ; 

 hind wing with whitish postmedial line excurved at middle. 



Unh. X. XiGiERiA, Zungeru {Macfie), 1 $ type. Exp. IS mm. 



(8 a) Pyralis costinotalis, sp, n. 



S • Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen whitish suffused 

 with i-ed-brown ; antennae brownish ; palpi and legs whitish suf- 

 fused with red-brown. Fore wing rufous tinged with purplish 

 red; antemedial line white defined on outer side by black, 

 expanding into a wedge-shaped mark at costa, to which it is 

 slightly incurved ; the medial part of costa with alternating 

 black and white points ; a slight blackish discoidal spot ; post- 

 medial line white defined on inner side by blackish, expanding 

 into a wedge-shaped mark at costa, then excurved and very 

 slightly waved ; a faint maculate brownish terminal band ; a fine 

 whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing Avhitish suffused with 

 rufous to the postmedial line except on costal area, the terminal 

 area irroi'ated with brown ; an oblique sinuous Avhite antemedial 

 line, joined at inner margin by the white postmedial line, which 

 is excurved at middle, then slightly waved ; a terminal series of 

 small brown spots ; cilia with a brown line near tips. Underside 

 whitish suffused with reddish brown ; fore wing with series of 

 whitish and dark brown points on costa to the postmedial line ; 

 both wings with slight blackish discoidal spot and slightly waved 

 whitish postmedial lin(; defined on inner side by brown and 

 excurved at middle. 



(13 a) Pyrcdis rufibasalis, sp. n. 



S ■ Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen white suffused with 

 pale olive ; legs red-brown ; pectus and ventral surface of abdnmeu 







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