in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. Il9 



minute. Legs rather stout ; spurs long. Fore-wings narrow, 

 acute at the tips ; interior and exterior lines whitish, black- 

 bordered, remote from each other; the 1st dentate; the 2nd 

 denticulate, bent and dilated towards the costa ; marginal points 

 black ; fringe cinereous. Hind- wings cinereous, with two blackish 

 curved lines, and with black marginal points. 



Length of the body 4? lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Haiti. 



Pyralis externalis. 



Mas. — Pallid^ cinereo-cervina, palpis parvis ascendentibus 

 articulo So minimo, antennis sub-pubescentibus, alis linea 

 sub-marginali nigra denticulata pallido sub-marginata, linea 

 interiore dentata interrupta minus determinata, alis anticis 

 apice sub-rotundatis, litura discali nigra angulata, macula 

 exteriore discali diffusa nigro-fusca, alis posticis sub-fusces- 

 centibus. 



Male. — Pale cinereous fawn-colour, whitish-cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi short, slender, smooth, ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex ; 3rd joint conical, very minute. Antennae very minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind- 

 wings. Legs rather slender. Wings with a black, denticulated, 

 irregularly pale-bordered sub-marginal line ; interior line dentate, 

 interrupted, less distinct than the exterior line ; under side with 

 the interior line almost obsolete, and the exterior one composed 

 of black points. Fore-wings slightly rounded at the tips, with a 

 black angular discal mark, beyond which there is a diffuse dark- 

 brown discal spot. Hind- wings more brownish. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. 



Pyralis 1 varipes. 



Mas. — Fusca, crassa, subtus albida, capite thoraceque irides- 

 cente cinerascentibus, palpis ascendentibus arcuatis albo- 

 fasciatis, antennis sub-pubescentibus, abdominis lateribus 

 sub-fasciculatis, pedibus crassis, alis anticis sat angustis 

 glauco-conspersis nigro-trifasciatis, fasciis 2a, 3aque apud 

 costam connexis. 

 Male. — Brown, thick, whitish beneath. Head and thorax with 

 a whitish cinereous, slightly iridescent tinge. Palpi curved, as- 

 cending, not rising higher than the vertex ; 1st joint white; 2nd 

 and 3rd with white tips ; 3rd much shorter than the 2nd. An- 



