LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 903 



the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather stout. Wings rather broad, 

 not long ; fringe gilded, rosy at the base ; interior and exterior lines 

 brownish, oblique, indistinct, slightly undulating. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Belongs to the group of P.fimbrialis. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection, 



Pyralis Loceusalis. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea, robusta ; palpi graciles, breves, ascend- 

 enteSy articulo So parvo ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo su- 

 perans ; pedes sat validi, tarsis nigro fasciatis ; alee glauco 

 tinctce, margine exteriore saturate roseo, fimbria albida ; antiece 

 apice rectangulatce, margine exteriore postico undulato, costa 

 lutea, fasciculis minimis nigris, litura magna discali e guttis 

 punctisque vitreis roseo et flavescente marginatis ; posticce 

 roseo-cinerece, subtus lituris plurimis rufis nigro lineatis tessel- 

 lata?. 



Female. Pale cinereous, robust. Palpi slender, short, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint minute. 

 Antennas smooth, slender. Abdomen extending very little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately stout ; tarsi with black 

 bands. Wings moderately broad, glaucous-tinged ; exterior border 

 deep rosy red ; fringe whitish except at the base. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips ; exterior border undulating hindward ; costa 

 luteous, with minute black tufts ; a large discal mark composed of 

 five vitreous dots and points, partly surrounded with rosy and pale 

 yellow ; fringe blackish in the middle. Hind wings rosy cinereous 

 above ; under side somewhat tessellated with numerous quadrate 

 black-lined red marks. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



This and the following species will form a separate group in 

 Pyralis. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Pyralis? Idalialis. 



Fcem. Purpurascente- cinerea, robusta ; palpi graciles, vix ascend- 

 entes, non longi, articulo 3o longi-conico ; antennae validce ; 



