404 Mr. W. Warren on new 
pale grey at base, becoming dark grey towards hind margin ; 
fringes dark grey, especially at apex, with paler tips and a 
darker dividing line. Face, vertex, base of antenne, and 
patagia white ; collar black; palpi black, except the terminal 
joint, which is white with the extreme*tip black ; abdomen 
grey, with the basal segments ochreous. Underside glossy 
greyish black ; costa of fore wings with a white spot at the 
beginning of the exterior line. 
Expanse of wings 82 millim. 
One female, Queensland. 
Subfamily Prrazrr-. 
Genus Pyratis, Linn. 
Pyralis funebralis, sp. n. 
Fore wings dingy fuscous grey, with a slight reddish tinge ; 
basal and marginal areas deeper than central; first line at 
one fourth, curved and wavy, white, thicker on costa; second 
at three fourths, vertical for a short distance from costa and 
inner margin, and forming a shallow sinus between, wavy 
and indistinct except at costa, where it forms a prominent 
white tooth-shaped spot; discal spot blackish ; costa between 
the lines with seven or eight white dots; fringe concolorous. 
Hind wings like fore wings, with two wavy whitish lines at 
one third and two thirds ; basal area and outer half of central 
area darkest; marginal space dusted with purplish grey. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous; face, palpi, and antenne 
paler. Underside dull cinereous; the second line on hind 
wings showing pale. 
Expanse of wings 36 millim. 
One female from the Khasias. 
This species rivals our European farinalis in size. It may 
be a dull local form of P. albiguttata, Warr., which occurs in 
India as well as Japan. 
Genus OrTHopyata, Rag. 
Orthopygia subolivescens, sp. n. 
Wings dull olive, dusted with fuscous or blackish atoms, 
and sometimes tinged with yellowish or ochreous; first line 
generally indistinct, paler edged externally, with an agglome- 
ration of the blackish scales towards the inner margin; exte- 
rior line at five sixths, sinuous, paler, edged internally with 
darker scales throughout ; the line is indented inwards oppo- 
site the cell and on the submedian fold; hind margin preceded 
