List of Species belonging to the Family Pyralidae 507 



orange-buff; black points at termen and cilia as on upperside. Hind 

 wing with the ground colour light orange-yellow, suffused between 

 medial fold and costa and beyond postmedial line with orange- 

 vinaceous ; costal area sprinkled with black scales ; veins tinged with 

 light orange-yellow ; antemedial line indistinct below lower median 

 only and orange-vinaceous ; postmedial line Orange-vinaceous bordered 

 outwardly with light orange-yellow, well curved and dentate outwardly 

 between veins 2 — 3, 5 — 6, 6 — 7 ; terminal spots and cilia as on upper- 

 side. 



2 like $ , but ground colour wood-brown (xl) in fore wing, tinged 

 terminally with vinaceous-fawn (xl) ; terminal half of hind wing suf- 

 fused with vinaceous-fawn and basal area cream coloured (xvi) ; line 

 in fore and hind wing obsolete ; in hind wing the medial line consists 

 of a fine fuscous scaling. Underside with markings as in $ but ground 

 colour cream, suffused with vinaceous-fawn ; subterminal of fore wing 

 double and consisting of fine black scaling; postmedial line of hind 

 wing also double and made up of a blackish irroration ; streaking of 

 veins light orange-yellow. Head, palpi, thorax, legs and abdomen 

 warm-buff (xv). 



Exp. $ type, 30mm., 2 type, 29 mm., $ paratypes, 26 — 29 mm.; 

 2 paratypes, 27 — 30 mm. 



Habitat. — All specimens from Central Ceram, Manusela, 6,000 feet, 

 October-December, 1919. Four $ $ and nine 2 2 , all collected by 

 C, F. and J. Pratt. 



This species also comes in Hampson's Section II B (6) ; the antennae 

 are normal and biciliated in the $ ; veins 4 — 5 of fore wing are very 

 closely approximated. 



