1248 CATALOGUE OF 



antice abbreviata, fascia exteriore angusta plagaque apicali 

 •purpurascentibus ; posticus fascia media lata fasciaque mar- 

 ginaii latiore purpurascentibus. 



Pale luteous. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending", second joint 

 broadly fringed beneath. Legs stout. Fore wings acute; two pur- 

 plish patches, one basal, the other near the base ; a broad purplish 

 band, which is abbreviated near the costa, where there are two 

 darker dots; a narrow exterior purplish baud and a large apical 

 purplish patch. Hind wings with a broad purplish middle band 

 and a broader purplish marginal band. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



Pyralis? subcordatalis. 



Mas. . Fuscescente-cinerea ; ala elongate, ceneo subtinctce ; ala; 

 anticcefuscce, tinea undulata lineaque submarginali angulosa 

 albidis, gutta albida nigra marginata, linea nigricante angu- 

 lata, macula subcordata lunulisque marginalibus nigris ; pos- 

 cicce cinerece, fascia maryinali fuscescente lineam cineream 

 angulosam includente. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Antennae setose; bristles rather 

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

 tuft small, compressed. Legs rather slender. Wings elongate, 

 slightly aeneous-tinged. Fore wings acute, obliquely brown from 

 one-fourth of the length to two-thirds of the length; an undulating 

 whitish line near and parallel to the outer border of this hue, which 

 contains a whitish black-bordered dot, a black subcordate spot and 

 and intermediate deeply angular blackish line ; exterior space darker 

 brown, including a whitish zigzag submarginal line ; marginal 

 lunules black ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with a brownish marginal band, which 

 includes a zigzag cinereous line. Length of the body 4 lines; of 

 the wings 30 lines. 



a . ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus GLOSSINA, C. L. H. xvii. 273. 

 Stericta, Ld. Wiert. Ent. Mon. vii. 340. 



