898 CATALOGUE OF 



minutely pubescent. Abdomen black-speckled, broad and flat at 

 the tip, extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 pubescent. Wings rather broad ; fringe broad. Fore wings 

 black-speckled, rounded at the tips, partly reddish or brownish ; 

 marginal lunules black. Hind wings cinereous, with a short pale 

 exterior line ; fringe slightly reddish. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



It has the form of P. farinalis, but is more robust. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by ft. Templeton, Esq. 



Pyralis Ravolalis. 



Foem. Cinerea, rufo varia, sat robusta ; palpi aseendentes, sat 

 validi, verticem superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna 

 sat valida? ; abdomen alas posticas paullo super ans, nigro sub- 

 conspersum ; pedes validi ; alee sat amplce, fimbria rosea ; 

 antica rosece, apice rotundata?, spatio basali glaucescente- 

 cinereo, lineis duabus ferrugineis albido marginatis, costa 

 pallida ferrugineo punctata ; posticce cinerea, nigro conspersce, 

 lineis duabus serpentinis albidis ferrugineo submarginatis. 



Female. Cinereous, varied with red, moderately stout, darker 

 cinereous beneath. Palpi rather stout, erect, ascending higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 

 second. Antennae smooth, rather stout. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings, slightly speckled with black. Legs 

 stout. Wings somewhat ample ; fringe rosy. Fore wings rosy, 

 rounded at the tips; basal third part cinereous, glaucous-tinged, 

 bounded by a slightly undulating ferruginous line, which has 

 a whitish outer border; another ferruginous whitish-bordered line 

 at two-thirds of the length, straight, dilated by the costa ; the latter 

 mostly pale, with some ferruginous points. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with two serpentine whitish lines, which are partly and irregularly 

 bordered with black-speckled ferruginous. Length of the body 3J 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Structure of P. farinalis. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



