LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1231 



clothed with squamous hairs; posterior tarsi white; hind tarsi 

 densely clothed towards the base with purplish cinereous hairs. 

 Fore wings dark ochraceous, rounded at the tips, purplish cinereous 

 at the base, with a broad whitish concisely black-bordered middle 

 band, which is partly tinged with ochraceous ; space beyond this 

 band tinged with purplish cinereous, except towards the costa; 

 exterior border slightly convex, bardly oblique. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a — e. Limas, Honduras. Presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Pyralis? bursarialis. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; palpi breves, porrecti, subdeflexi, articulo 

 2o latiusculo, 3o minimo ; pedes validly rufi, tibiis anticis 

 penicillatis, tibiis intermediis albido conspersis, tibiis posticis 

 jimbrialis, tar sis posticis albis ; alee anticce tegnla cos tali rufa, 

 macula ochracea, tineis tribus purpurascentibus, \aflexa, 2a 

 undulata, Sa marginali ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Pale dull ochraceous, stout. Palpi porrect, pubescent, 

 slightly diverging, very much shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint rather broad ; third extremely minute. Antennae stout, 

 minutely crenulate and pubescent. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft rather lar^e. Legs stout, red ; 

 fore tibice with a penicillate tuft; middle tibiae whitish-speckled; 

 hind tibiaj fringed; joints of the middle tarsi with white tips; hind 

 tarsi white. Fore wings with three purplish lines ; first line much 

 bent outward in front, bordering a bright ochraceous spot, which has 

 at its base a red lappet; second line undulating; third marginal ; 

 exterior border straight, hardly oblique. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Limas, Honduras. Presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Pyralis? noctualis. 



Mas. JEneo-cinerea; abdomen trifasciculatum, alas posticas 

 dimidio superans, segmentis albido marginatis, tibice antics 

 robustae subtus pilosa? ; ala? anticce puncto lineaque atomaria 

 nigris, macula postmedia albida elongata atomis nigris sub- 

 marginata, linea submarginali albida angulosa fusco sub- 

 marginata. 



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