1238 CATALOG DE OF 



Pyralis? ANTICALIS. 



Foem. Alba; caput fun cum ; palpi graciles, erecti, articulo 2o 

 subarcuato, So lanceolato ; alee latiusculce, e strigis parvis 

 fuscis transversis sexlineatce ; anticce vitta subcostali brevi 

 strigisgue plurimis fuscis, vitta subtus argenlea subcostali, 

 macula subtus nigra fusiformi subapicali punctum album 

 elongatum includente. 



Female. White, shining, rather stout. Head brown. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, erect, not rising so high as the vertex; second joint 

 slightly curved; third lanceolate, less than one-third of the length 

 of the second. Antenna? stout. Thorax brown in front. Abdomen 

 extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; tarsi aud 

 fore tibiae with brown bands. Wings rather broad, with six incom- 

 plete lines composed of little transverse brown streaks, which are 

 darker on the under side. Fore wings acute, with a brown subcostal 

 stripe, which extends along half the length, and with numerous 

 little transverse brown streaks; a black subapical point; exterior 

 border slightly convex, very oblique; under side with a fusiform 

 black subapical spot, which includes an elongated white point, and 

 with a silvery subcostal stripe. Length of the body o lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. Mysol. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Pyralis? puralis. 



Argenteo-alba ; caput et thorax anticusfuscescente-cinerea; palpi 

 fusci, ascendentes, articulo 2o subarcuato, 3o lanceolato 

 longiusculo ; al<e strigis plurimis transversis pallide fuscis ; 

 anticce apice rotundatce, tinea fusca postica exteriore brevi lata 

 obliqua nigricante notata,punctis duo bus subapicalibus nigris 

 elongatis, vitta subtus costali argentea, gutta subtus subapicali 

 - atra punctum album elongatum includente. 



Silvery white. Head and fore part of the thorax brownish 

 cinereous. Palpi brown, smooth, slender, not rising so high as the 

 vertex; second joint slightly curved ; third lanceolate, nearly half 

 the length of the second. Legs slender; tarsi with black bands. 

 Wings with numerous little trausverse pale brown streaks, which 

 form incomplete lines. Fore win^s rounded at the tips, with a short 

 broad oblique brown blackish-marked line, which extends from the 

 disk nearly to the interior border rather beyond the middle of the 



