1228 CATALOGUE OF 



border convex, very oblique. Hind wings cinereous, semihyaline, 

 with a blackish mark in the disk and with an exterior undulating 

 interrupted blackish line ; marginal points blackish, elongated. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Pyralis dispansalis. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fu&ca ; palpi verticem non superantes, articulo 

 So minimo ; an tennce glabra? ; alee anticce fascia mfdia ntfes- 

 cente-cinerea lata arcuata cinereo pallido marginata, spatio 

 exteriore pallide ferrugineo-fusco ; postica? fusees cente-cinerea?. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft large. Legs smooth. Fore wings with 

 a broad curved reddish cinereous middle band, which is bordered 

 with pale cinereous on each side; exterior border convex, mode- 

 rately oblique ; space between tins band and the exterior border 

 paler than the basal part of the wing. Hind wings brownish cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a — c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Pyralis differalis. 



Mas. Cinereo -fusca ; palpi robusti, oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 non superantes, articulo So conico ; antenna glabra? ; alee lineis 

 duabus cinereis subangidosis opposite nigricante marginatis, 

 guttis marginalibus nigricantibus ; anticce linea basali linea- 

 que submarginali undulata cinereis nigricante marginatis, 

 costa margineque exteriore cervinis, 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings 

 moderately broad, with two cinereous slightly zigzag lines; first 

 line antemedial, blackish-bordered on the outer side ; second post- 

 medial, blackish-bordered on the inner side ; marginal dots black- 

 ish ; under side shining asneous-cinereous. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; a cinereous line very near the base and an 



