Genera and Species of Pyralidae. 497 



Pyralis oleagtna, sp. n. 



Fore wings glossy dull ochreous, suffused with greyish, 

 darker along the costa, with two slightly paler ochreous trans- 

 verse lines, the inner edged externally, the outer internally 

 with darker ; the first at one third is slightly bent outwards 

 in the middle ; the second from two thirds is nearly straight 

 to the inner margin before the anal angle, with a slight 

 unevenness near the middle ; a round black discal spot ; costa 

 between the lines indistinctly dotted with fuscous and 

 ochreous ; a row of fine black lines before the base of the 

 fringes, which are dull rosy. Hind wings like the fore 

 wings. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings. 

 Underside brighter, not glossy ; of the fore wing pinkish 

 yellow, of the hind wing clear yellow, in both sprinkled with 

 grey or blackish atoms, each with a central black dot and the 

 outer line pinkish. 



Expanse of wings 16 millim. 



One female from Natal. 



Distinguished by the dull greasy appearance and the 

 roundedness of the costa, apex, and hind margin. 



Pyralis tabidalisj sp. n. 



Fore wing dark mouse-colour, in certain cases strongly 

 flushed with reddish ; the two lines paler, ochreous, first at 

 about one third outwardly curved, the second at three fourths 

 nearly straight, with only a slight flexion below the costa ; 

 centre of costa pale-spotted ; central spot dark ; central field 

 slightly paler than basal and marginal ; fringe pale, with a 

 darker basal line. Hind wings like fore wings, but with the 

 dark and lighter spaces reversed, the central band, which is 

 much narrower, being the darker. 



Expanse of wings, $ 24, $ 20 millim. 



Three females and one male from Callao. 



Pyralis monostoechalis, sp. n. 



Fore wings dull blackish brown, the costa spotted with 

 pale ; a single central, slender, slightly undulating, whitish, 

 transverse line, and traces of a fainter sinuous curved one 

 before the hind margin. Hind wings without any markings. 

 Thorax, abdomen, and underside of both wings concolorous ; 

 face and palpi dull yellowish. 



Expanse of wings 16 millim. 



Three examples, all females, from Dharmsala ; from the 

 Hocking collection. 



