1 18 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



tenuatum, fascicule apicali radiato. Pedes robusti, pilosi ; 

 antici densissime fasciculati. Alse amplsa ; anticae subfalcatae. 



Male. — Body stout. Palpi thick, densely tufted along the whole 

 length, rising high above the heaid, nearly as long as the thorax ; 

 3rd joint much shorter than the 2nd. Antennae curved, serrated, 

 ciliated, with a fan-shaped tuft near the base. Abdomen tapering 

 from the base to the tip, with a diverging apical tuft. Legs stout ; 

 femora and tibiae tufted ; fore-legs, excepting the tips of the tarsi, 

 most densely tufted. Wings ample. Fore-wings subfalcate ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border convex, oblique hindward. 



Bolica armata. 



Mas. — Ferruginea, alis nigro sub-conspersis, linea exteriore 

 recta obliqua albida costam versus abrupte retracta, linea 

 sub-marginali e punctis nigris, alis anticis litura reniformi 

 plagaque apicali cervinis, linea exteriore arcuata punctisque 

 marginalibus nigris, alis posticis subtus ex parte nigricante 

 fuscis linea postice atra. 



Male. — Ferruginous, paler beneath. Abdomen dark brown 

 towards the tip. Wings minutely black-speckled, with a straight 

 oblique, exterior, whitish line, dark-bordered on the inner side, 

 and abruptly retracted towards the costa of the fore-wings ; sub- 

 marginal line indicated by black points. Fore-wings with the 

 reniform mark, and an apical patch fawn-coloured ; under side 

 with a black, curved, exterior line and black marginal points. 

 Hind-wings beneath blackish-brown exteriorly, with a blackish- 

 brown exterior line, which is deep black and very distinct hind- 

 ward. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Brazil. 



Fam. PYRALID^, Guen. 

 Genus Pyralis, Linn. 

 Pyralis intermedialis. 

 Cinereo-rufescens, palpis porrectis parvis articulo So minimo, 

 pedibus sat robustis, alis angustis acutis lineis duabus albidis 

 remotis nigro-marginatis, la dentata, 2a denticulata flexa 

 apud costam dilatata, punctis marginalibus nigris, alis pos- 

 ticis cinereis nigricante bilineatis. 

 Cinereous-reddish, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, short, 

 slender, extending very little beyond the head ; 3rd joint very 



