LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 901 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender, partly whitish beneath. 

 Palpi short, rather slender, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint minute, conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae slender, pubescent. 

 Abdomen extending far beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft rather 

 large. Legs smooth, slender. Wings moderately broad, without 

 markings above ; under side with black speckles, which are chiefly 

 on the hind wings, and there form a double exterior line. Fore 

 wings acute ; exterior border moderately oblique ; costa dilated at 

 the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



PYRALIS ACACIUSALIS. 



Mas. Albida, sat robusta, subtus roseo varia ; palpi ascendentes, 

 graciles, glabri, breviusculi, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna? 

 valida, submoniliformes, subpubescentes ; abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas paullo super am; pedes rosei, glabri, tarsis albidis fusco 

 fasciatis ; alee valida, velutinai, sat ampla, ex parte ferru- 

 yinea nigro nolata, venis roseis ; antica valde acuta, punctis 

 costalibus nigris, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Whitish, rather stout, partly rosy red beneath. Palpi 

 slender, smooth, rather short, obliquely ascending ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, hardly half the length of the sscond. Antennae stout, sub- 

 moniliform, very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rosy, smooth ; tarsi whitish, with 

 very brown bands. Wings stout, velvety, somewhat ample ; disks 

 partly ferruginous and mottled with black marks, which here and 

 there are confluent ; veins rosy ; under side mostly ochraceous. 

 Fore wings very acute, with black points along the costa ; under 

 side with a few black scales ; exterior border very oblique. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Approaches P. nostralis in structure, as does also the following 

 species. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Pyralis Elaralis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-rufa, crassa ; palpi fusci, graciles, non longi, 

 cinereo vittati, articulo So lanceolato ; abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans ; pedes sat validi, tibiis subfimbriatis ; aim ro- 

 bustce, latiuscula?, strigulis plurimis transversis fuscis, subtus 

 schistacem rufo varico ; posticce acuta, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo. 



