LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1241 



Female. Pearly white. Head, palpi and fore part of the thorax 

 brown. Palpi smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex; second joint slightly curved ; third linear, 

 much shorter than the second. Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender ; tibiae and tarsi with blackish bands. 

 Wings long, with numerous slightly oblique lines, which are com- 

 posed of elongated blackish points ; some of the latter are connected. 

 Fore wings acute ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Pyralis regalis. 



Fcem. Purpurascente-rufa, suhtus lutea ; palpi oblique ascend- 

 ent es, verticem non super antes, articulo 3o parvo ; abdominis 

 dimidium apicale luteum ; pedes aniici nigri ; alee margine 

 exterior e Jim briaque aurato-luteis ; anticce lineis duabus luteis 

 nigricante marginatis apud costam dilatatis, gutta intermedia 

 subcostali nigricante ; posticce lineis duabus luteis angulosis 

 indistinctis. 



Female. Purplish red, luteous beneath. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising so hi^h as the veitex; third joint 

 minute. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 half luteous. Legs smooth; fore legs black above. Wings with 

 the exterior border and the fringe gilded luteous, Fore wings with 

 two luteous lines, which are blackish-bordered and are dilated into 

 costal spots ; first line antemedial, slightly curved outward ; second 

 postmedial, nearly straight : some luteous costal speckles ; a blackish 

 subcostal dot between the lines. Hind wings with two indistinct 

 zigzag luteous lines ; under side luteous for half the length from 

 the base, and with a luteous line at a little beyond the middle. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



It has much resemblance to P. igniflualis, P. Lucillalis, P. 

 Pelasgalis, P.Marthalis and P. Doreasalis, but may be distinguished 

 from them by the broader luteous border of the wings. 



a. Swan Eiver. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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