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Fam. PYRALIDAE. 



Gen. Larodryas, nov. 



Frons flat. Tongue well-developed, thickly scaled towards base. 

 Labial palpi moderate, straight, drooping, smooth-scaled; terminal 

 joint obtuse with some rough scales at apex. Maxillary palpi obtuse 

 and rough-scaled at apex. Antennae of J^ slightly laminate, with 

 moderately long ciliations. Forewings with 2 from f, 3 from well 

 before angle, 4 and 5 connate from angle, which is acutely produced, 

 diverging, 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 and 11 from cell, free. Hindwings with 2 

 from fy 3 from well before angle, 4 and 5 connate from angle, 6 and 

 7 connate, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 



Nearest Oenogenes, Meyr., but the palpi are very different. 



Larodryas haplocala, n. sp. 



S' 18 mm. Head ochreous-whitish; face fuscous. Palpi dark- 

 fuscous. Antennae grey, towards base ochreous-whitish; ciliations in 

 J^ 1^. Thorax ochreous-whitish, mixed with fuscous-green. Abdomen 

 dark-fuscous, beneath whitish-ochreous. Legs dark-fuscous; tibiae and 

 tarsi annulated with ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa sinuate, apex rounded, termen bowed, oblique; purple-grey; base 

 fuscous-green, continuous with a broad fuscous-green costal streak to 

 apex; a whitish transverse line from I costa to mid-dorsum, strongly 

 curved outwards in middle, edged anteriorly by a fuscous-green fascia 

 containing some dark-fuscous scales, posteriorly by a dark-fuscous 

 line; a second whitish line from % costa to tornus, bent outwards above 

 middle, thence strongly inwards, edged anteriorly by a dark-fuscous 

 line, posteriorly by a fuscous-green and dark-fuscous fascia; four 

 whitish costal dots between lines; a dark-fuscous discal spot beneath 

 mid-costa; a terminal series of dark-fuscous dots edge with fuscous- 

 green; cilia purple-grey, with four large whitish bars. Hindwings with 

 termen gently rounded; grey, towards base, and tornus suffused with 

 whitish; two fine grey transverse lines, first from mid-dorsum strongly 

 curved towards base of costa; second from above tornus to costa be- 

 yond middle, wavy; a terminal series of fuscous dots; cilia grey with 

 basal and median whitish lines. 



Q., National Park (3000 ft.), in March; one specimen. 



Fam. PYRAUSTIDAE. 



MUSOTIMA CALLIDRYAS, U. Sp. 



S" $ 11-12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Palpi 

 whitish; second joint with apical, third joint with subapical dark- 

 fuscous ring. Antennae with joints dilated at apices; grey-whitish, on 

 dorsum barred with dark- fuscous. Legs fuscous; tarsi broadly annu- 

 lated with whitish. Forewings strongly dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, termen deeply incised beneath apex, and 

 above tornus, oblique; whitish densely suffused with fuscous; a small 

 darker basal patch outlined with whitish; an outwardly-curved fuscous 



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