1244 CATALOGUE OF 



PYRALIS ? SUBTRIGONALIS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi porrecti, subtus albi, capitis latitudine 

 rnulto breviores, articulo So brevissimo; alee antic >ce plaga fusca 

 magna trigona lituras duas albidas costales includente, linea 

 exteriore albida vix undulata antice abbreviata^ linea marginali 

 nigricante, fimbria fusco interlineata. 



Male. Cinereous. Body beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Palpi porrect, white beneath, much shorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint very short. Maxillary palpi short, slender. An- 

 tennae slender, smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, slender. Fore wings 

 acute, with a large brown triangular patch, which rests on the exte- 

 rior part of the costa and contains two whitish costal marks, of which 

 the second is much narrower than the inner one ; a whitish hardly 

 undulating line partly bordering the outer side of the patch, extend- 

 ing to the interior border, abbreviated towards the costa ; marginal 

 line blackish ; fringe interlined with brown ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Pyralis? miseralis. 



Mas. Cinerea, gracilis ; palpi graciles, subarcuati, oblique ascend- 

 entes, articulo So lanceolato longiusculo ; antenna robustce, 

 dense setosce ; pedes graciles ; alee elongata, fusco conspersce, 

 linea postmedia lata obliqua angulosa punctisque submargin- 

 alibus fuscis, fimbria fusco punctata ; anticce acuta. 



Male. Cinereous, slender. Palpi slender, slightly curved, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 

 lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae stout, 

 densely setose. Legs slender. Wings elongate, minutely brown- 

 speckled, with a broad brown oblique zigzag postmedial line ; a line 

 of brown points very near the exterior border; fringe with brown 

 points. Fore wings acute; exterior border slightly convex, rather 

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



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



