LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 909 



Pyralis Drapesalis. 



Fcem. Rufescente-cervina, sat valida ; palpi brevissimi, non lati, 

 vix ascendentes ; abdomen alas posticas non superans ; ales 

 nigro subconspersce, fascia media pallidiore, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore adhuc pallidioribus, hac nigro submarginata, ilia un- 

 dulata^punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; antica vixacutce, 

 puncto discali nigro. 



Female. Reddish fawn-colour, rather stout. Palpi hardly as- 

 cending, very short, not broad ; third joint conical, very minute. 

 Antennae slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth. Wings moderately broad, slightly and very minutely 

 black-speckled, with a broad paler middle band, which is bordered 

 by the still paler interior and exterior lines ; these latter slightly 

 black-bordered ; interior line undulating ; exterior line straight, 

 except towards the interior border in the fore wings, slightly undu- 

 lating in the hind wings ; marginal points blackish, indistinct. Fore 

 wings hardly acute, with a black discal point in the band ; exterior 

 border moderately oblique. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 

 Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Pyralis Nonusalis. 



Mas. Cervina, robusta ; palpi breves, graciles, angulati, articulo 

 2o porrecto, 3o decumbente ; antenna subpubescentes, sat validce; 

 abdomen alas posticas non superans ; pedes validi, pubescentes ; 

 ala robusta, latiusculce, lineis duabus obliquis subrectis albido- 

 cinereis, linea exteriore magis determinata ; anticce apice rotun- 

 data, costa pallido punctata. 



Male. Fawn-colour, stout. Palpi short, slender ; second joint 

 porrect ; third minute, elongate-conical, bent downward and forming 

 a right angle with the second. Antennae rather stout, minutely pu- 

 bescent. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pubescent. Wings stout, rather broad, not long, with two 

 oblique whitish cinereous nearly straight lines, the exterior one more 

 distinct than the interior one ; fringe full, whitish cinereous at the 

 base. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; costa with some 

 pale points. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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