130 PTEALLD^. 



Pyralis albolinealis. (Plate CLIV. fig. 10.) 



Expanse § inch. 



Male. Antennae simple ; palpi rather long ; fore wing rather ' cute at apex. Both wings 

 dark purplish hrown ; crossed by a nearly straight inwardly-oblique antemedial whitish line, 

 which becomes subbasal on the hind wing ; a similar postmedial line angled outwards at third 

 median nervure and inwards at submedian nervure of fore wing, slightly curved and irregular 

 on hind wing; a white antecilial line. Undei'side paler, and without the antecilial line on 

 either wing. 



Herculia aurocilialis. (Plate CLIV. fig. 19.) 



Expanse I5 inch. 



Male. Antennae simple; fore wing with ajiex acute; outer margin slightly excised below 

 the apex and above outer angle. Both wings rich purple-brown, with traces of a red ground- 

 colour ; a very indistinct dark spot at end of cell, and antemedial and postmedial dark bands 

 nearing each other towards inner margin of hind wing ; cilia bright golden yellow. Underside 

 paler and redder, and without the antemedial baud. 



Herculia ochreicilia. (Plate CLIV. fig. 3.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male. Antennne ciliated ; apex of fore wing acute ; outer margin evenly rounded. Fore 

 wing dark purple ; hind wing dark red, with purple margins. Both wings crossed by waved 

 ochreous antemedial and postmedial lines, commencing on costa of fore wing as conspicuous 

 spots, and nearing each other towards inner margin of hind wing ; cilia ochreous. Underside 

 paler ; no antemedial line ; the postmedial line on hind wing very conspicuous. 



Endotricha albicilia. (Plate CLIV. fig. 22.) 



Expanse j^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing pink, tinged with ochreous towards costa and base ; costa with about a 

 dozen small ochreous spots ; a very indistinct antemedial line and speck at end of cell ; a 

 waved submarginal line. Hind wing pink; a medial baud from below the cell to inner 

 margin, with waved ochreous margins. Cilia of both wings pink at base, ochreous at tips. 

 Undei'side of both wings ochreous, suffused with pink : fore wing with a broad ochreous band 

 along inner margin ; a dark speck at end of cell ; the waved submarginal band bent inwards 

 at discoidal uervule : hind wing with somewhat irregular ochreous antemedial and postmedial 

 bands with pink margins. The thoracic tufts of hair ochreous brown. 



