LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 899 



Pyralis Eacilialis. 



Mas. Lateritia, sat gracilis ; palpi ftisci, graciles, arcuati, as- 

 cendentes albo marginati, articulo 'do lanceolato ; antenna 

 robustce, vix pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo 

 superans, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee latiusculce, nigro 

 subconspersce, lineis interiore et exteriore albis obliquis vix 

 arcuatis nigro marginatis ; anticce acutce, costa convexa albo 

 punctata, reniformi nigra angusta. 



Male. Brick-red colour, rather slender, cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi brown, slender, curved, bordered with white, ascending rather 

 high above the vertex; third joint lanceolate, very acute, about half 

 the length of the second. Antennae stout, hardly pubescent. Ab- 

 domen extending very little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders 

 of the segments white, with black speckles. Legs smooth, hardly 

 stout ; femora grooved. Wings rather broad, not long, with a few 

 black speckles, which are mostly on the hind wings ; interior and 

 exterior lines white, black-bordered, oblique, hardly curved, ap- 

 proaching each other hindward ; fringe cinereous. Fore wings 

 acute; costa convex, with white points between the lines ; reniform 

 mark black, narrow, transverse. Length of the body 4i lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



This species may be considered as the type of a distinct group 

 in the genus. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Pyralis Tbycusalis. 



Fcem. Cinerea, robusta ; palpi graciles, brevissimi, subarcuati, 

 vix ascendentes ; abdomen alas posticas super ans ; pedes albidi, 

 glabri ; alee spatio basali obliquo olivaceo-fusco, linea mar- 

 ginali nigra, fimbria albida basi rufa ; anticce acutce, fascia 

 media obliqua albida extus diffusa, spatio exteriore olivaceo- 

 fusco, margine exteriore roseo ; posticce fascia obliqua pallide 

 rufa albo marginata, fasciis duabus nigris, spatio exteriore 

 roseo nebulis fuscis. 



Female. Cinereous, stout. Palpi slender, very short, slightly 

 curved, hardly ascending. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs whitish, smooth. Wings 

 moderately broad, obliquely olive-brown towards the base ; marginal 



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