940 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale ochraceous. Palpi porrect, as long as the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint lanceolate, nearly as long as the second. An- 

 tennae submoniliform, nearly as long as the body. Wings with 

 slight blackish denticulated lines ; exterior line much bent; margi- 

 nal festoon black ; fringe white. Fore wings subfalcate; reniform 

 mark small, blackish. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



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Hyalea? Maceralis. 



Mas. Fusca, sat valida ; -palpi fusci, ascendentes, arcuati, breves, 

 sat lati ; antenna longiusculce, subsetosce ; abdomen pallide 

 luteum, alas posticas paullo superans ; tibice antiea cornutce ; 

 alee amplce ; anticce purpurece, cyaneo aeneoque nitentes, apice 

 rotundatce, margine interiore lutescente, margine exteriore con- 

 vexo perobliquo ; posticce lutescentes, margine lato ceneo. 



Male. Brown, moderately stout, whitish luteous beneath. 

 Palpi brown, curved, short, moderately broad, applied to the head ; 

 third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae rather long and slender, thinly and minutely setose. Ab- 

 domen pale luteous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender; fore tibiae with an appendage; spurs very long. 

 Wings ample. Fore wings purple, with blue reflections on the inte- 

 rior part, and with aeneous reflections on the exterior part ; tips much 

 rounded ; interior border pale luteous, except towards the tip ; ex- 

 terior border convex, very oblique. Hind wings pale luteous, with 

 a broad aeneous border, which is attenuated hindward, and does not 

 extend to the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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 Endotricha suffusalis. 



This and the two following species should, perhaps, be trans- 

 ferred to the genus Pyralis, being nearly allied to P. Icelosalis. 



