70 HEEIHINin).^. — PTEALID^. 



MARIMATHA, Walker. 

 Marimatha straminea. (Plate LVIII. fig. 2.) 



Primaries stramineous, sericeous ; the base of costa, two widely separated central trans- 

 verse lines and a dot between them, at the end of the cell, blackish : secondaries white, slightly- 

 tinted with stramineous upon the external border : body stramineous, top of head blackish ; 

 anterior coxee and sides of femora silvery. Primaries below paler than above, the cell 

 greyish ; inner transverse line aljsent : secondaries with a dot at the end of the cell and an 

 arched discal line grey. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



PYRALID^. 



PYRALIS, Linn. 



PyraUs elachia. (Plate LVIII. fig. 3.) 



Allied to P. farinalis, but altogether greyer in tint, the basal areas of all the wings 

 blackish, the central belt of primaries whity bro^vn, its white margins nearly straight, very 

 slightly sinuated ; external area more even in width, altogether more dusky in tint, not red at 

 apex ; the centre of costal margin alternately black and white ; a whity brown basal spot : 

 central belt of secondaries further from the outer margin darker ; external area altogether 

 whiter ; black spots and fringes as in P. farinalis : body whity brown, the abdomen banded 

 with blackish. Primaries below shining greyish brown ; costal margin black, dotted with white, 

 otherwise without markings : secondaries whitish, irrorated with grey and crossed in the 

 middle by two parallel lunulated grey lines ; a marginal series of grey dots : body below 

 whity brown. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



Pyralis fratema. (Plate LVIII. fig. 4.) 



AUied to P. farinalis, but altogether greyer in tint ; the white lines on the wings more 

 slender, the basal and apical areas of primaries shining greyish brown instead of ferruginous ; 

 the central belt broader and duller in colour ^secondaries more uniform grey, the marginal 

 black spots confiued to the anal angle ; abdomen black, the third, fourth, and anal segments 

 fulvous in the centre. Under surface greyer than in P. farinalis, but with similar markings. 

 Expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



