902 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Cinereous-red, very stout. Palpi brown, slender, 

 striped with cinereous, not long" ; third joint lanceolate, rather more 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae rather slender. Abdo- 

 men hardly extending beyond t^he hind wings. Legs rather stout ; 

 tibiae slightly fringed. Wings robust, rather broad, with very nume- 

 rous transverse little brown streaks, which are most conspicuous on 

 the under side ; the latter is partly slate-colour, partly red. Fore 

 wings very acute ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Pyralts Bastialis. 



Fcem. Alba, sat gracilis, anlice fusca ; palpi graciles, glabri, as- 

 cendentes, snbarcuati, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna validce ; 

 abdomen alas posticas non superans ; alee elongatce, fusco sub- 

 tessellata ; anticce acutce, punctis submarginalibus nigricanti- 

 bus. 



Female. White, rather slender. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax brown. Palpi slender, smooth, obliquely ascending, rising 

 a little higher than the vertex ; second joint slightly curved ; third 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennae stout. Abdo- 

 men not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. W r ings 

 elongate, minutely tessellated with pale brown. Fore wings acute, 

 with a few blackish submarginal points; exterior border very oblique. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



It differs more than the two preceding species from the struc- 

 ture of P. nostralis. 



a. Hindoslan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Pyralis Healealis. 



Mas. JRoseo-cinerea, sat gracilis ; palpi graciles, ascendentes, sub- 

 angulati, caput superantes, articulo So longi-conico ; abdomen 

 alas posticas superans ; alee latiusculce, non longce, lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore fuscescentibus obliquis indistinctis subundu- 

 latis, fimbria aurata basi rosea. 



Male. Rosy cinereous, rather sleuder. Palpi slender, obliquely 

 ascending, rising much higher than the vertex ; third joint minute, 

 elongate-conical, inclined forward and forming an obtuse angle with 



