906 CATALOGUE OF 



and compressed, extending far beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth ; fore tibiae towards the tips and fore knees black. Wings 

 ample, brownish cinereous, with cupreous and purple reflections ; 

 interior and exterior lines darker, diffuse, very indistinct. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips ; exterior line bent; reniform mark very 

 indistinct. Hind wings with the interior line obsolete. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



This species has much the appearance of a Botys, and does not 

 accord well with any of the established genera. 



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



Pyralis Tkitonalis. 



Fcem. Cinerea, robusta ; palpi graciles, ascendentes, arcuati, 

 verticem superantes, articulo So lanceolato parvo ; abdomen 

 alas posticas pavllo superans ; pedes validly tibiis sabjimbria- 

 tis ; aim antics apice rotundata, striga basalt guttisque sub- 

 marginalibus nigris, fascia exteriore diffusa e lituris cervinis, 

 costa subconvexa ; postica extus fuscescentes. 



Female. Cinereous, stout. Palpi slender, ascending, curved, 

 approximate to the head, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint lanceolate, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout ; tibiae slightly fringed. Wings mo- 

 derately broad ; fringe brownish at the base. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, with some black flecks, most of which form a basal dis- 

 cal streak and a row of submarginal dots ; some fawn-coloured 

 marks, which chiefly form an exterior diffuse band ; costa slightly 

 convex. Hind wings brownish exteriorly. Length of the body 5| 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Pyralis Pronoealis. 



Fcem. Cinerea, vix robusta ; palpi graciles, arcuati, ascendentes, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; antenna? graciles, basi incrassata ; 

 abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; pedes validi, glabri ; 

 aim cinereo-fusca, sat angusta, lineis duabus parallelis albidis 

 obliquis undulatis ; anticce acuta, punctis costalibus guttaque 

 discali fuscis 9 margine exteriore perobliquo. 



