418 COL. C. SWINHOE ON NEW [Nov, 5, 



Hab. Solun (Simla), September. Three examples from the late 

 Captain Reed's collection. 



From A. robustalis this species differs in having the outer line 

 on the fore wing denticulated, and the outer line on the hind wing 

 barely visible above, but well defined on the underside. 



PYRALES. 



P Y R A L I D .E. 



Stemmatophora foltata, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 5.) 



Antennse, palpi, head, and collar ochreous grey ; body and wings 

 brownish fawn-colour, tinged with pale ochreous and irrorated with 

 slaty grey atoms ; fore wings much darker than tlie hind wings, hind 

 wings paler towards the base ; fore wings with a brown spot at the 

 end of the cell, and both wings crossed by two wavy brown lines — 

 first from costa one third from base, and the other from costa one 

 third from apex, both meeting in a rounded form close to the 

 abdominal margin of the hind wings at its centre, the outer line 

 edged outwardly with pale ochreous grey, the inner line only faintly 

 visible in the hind wings ; cilia ochreous grey interlined with brown. 



Underside pale bronzy grey irrorated with grey atoms ; wings 

 shining ; veins prominent, spot at the end of cell in fore wings and 

 outer line of both wings prominent. 



Expanse of wings \^-^ inch. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills, 6/00 feet, June 1887. Four examples from 

 Mr. Hampsou. 



Allied to -S. vibicalis, Lederer, of Ceylon, the type specimen of 

 which has been compared with the present species. *S. vibicalis is 

 a smaller insect and more robust, with somewhat dift'erently shaped 

 transverse lines. 



Pyralis dxjlciculalis, n. sp. 



Body and wings of a pale uniform reddish colour, one example 

 is tinged with greenish ; abdomen with four or five lower segmental 

 brown bands ; fore wings with the costal line spotted with black and 

 yellow; a black spot at the end of the cell, and two nearly upright 

 slightly sinuous white lines — first antemedial inwardly bordered with 

 brown, the second discal extending from the hinder angle to the 

 costa less than one third from the apex, and outwardly bordered 

 with brown, and the space between the lines is paler than the rest 

 of the wing. Hind wings slightly darker than the fore wings, whitish 

 towards the costa, a white outwardly curved line just beyond the 

 middle, bordered with brown on both sides and which stops on the 

 whitish costal space, and has a large brown spot where it touches 

 the hinder margin. 



Underside paler, shinirg, markings obscure; legs reddish, forelegs 

 with black and yellow bands above. 



Expanse of wings -f-^ inch, 



Hab. Mahableshwar, May 1887. Three examples. 



Nearest to P. platymitris, Butler, from which it differs in its uni- 



