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CATALOGUE OF 



Fam. PYKALID^E, C. L. H. xvii. 259. 



Genus PYRALIS, C. L. H. xvii. 260. 



Pyralis abgentalis. 



Foem. Argenteo-alba ; caput subochraceum aut subfuscum ; palpi 

 oblique ascendentes, articulo So lineari 2i dimidio breviore ; 

 thorax antice fuscus aut ochraceus ; abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans ; alee amplce, strigis plurimisfuscis transversis ; 

 antica acuta, macula antemedia,plaga magna obliqua elongata 

 postmedia guitaque postica fuscis, gutta subapicali atra fusi- 

 formi ; posticce punctis duobus nigris subapicalibus. 

 Female. Silvery white. Head slightly ochraceous or brown- 

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

 higher than the vertex; third joint linear, rounded at the lip, less 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae stout, smooth. Thorax 

 brown or ochraceous in front. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender; tarsi and fore tibiae with brown 

 bands. Wings ample, with numerous transverse short brown 

 streaks. Fore wings acute, with a brown aotemedial spot and a 

 large oblique elongated postmedial brown patch ; a deep black fusi- 

 form subapical dot ; a brown dot varying in size close to the interior 

 angle; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings 

 with two black subapical points. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



a, b. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



PVEALIS OBLIQUA LIS. 



Mas et foem. ArgenLeo-alba ; caput supra fuscum ; palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, articulo 3ofusco longi-conico apice albo ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans, fasciculo apicali maris parvo 

 pallide ochraceo ; al<e antica> vix acuta, strigis plurimis trans- 

 versis maculisque duabus obliquis elongatis fuscis, costa fusca 

 albo punctata, punctis tribus marginalibus nigris; postica 

 lineis septem ochraceis obliquis, 



Male and female. Silvery white. Head brown above, except 

 about the eyes. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint brown, elongate-conical, white at the 

 lip, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae smooth. 



