1524 



CATALOGUE OF 



second. Antenna smooth. Fore tegulaa of the thorax fawn-colour. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft fawn- 

 colour. Legs smooth, slender; tarsi fawn-colour, their joints with 

 whitish tips. Wings long, rather broad, with very numerous trans- 

 verse pale fawn-coloured streaks, which are here and there brown 

 the latter hue most prevalent on the under side. Fore wino- s acute • 

 exterior border convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 5 lines;' 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Pyralis albifeealis. 



Sordide ochracea, purpurascente-chalz/bao suffusa ; palpi ascend- 

 entes, verticem non superantes, articulo So lineari, 2i dimidio 

 breviore ; aim antica longa, apice subrotundatce, strigis pluri- 

 mis transversis nigricantibus, fascia fusca late interrupta 

 nigncante marginata, vitta subtus obscure ochracea apicem 

 versus dilatata et abbreviata ; posticce spatio basali albido 

 fasciam undulatam obscure ferrugineam includmte, fasciis 

 duabus exterioribus obscure ferrugineis ochraceo marginatis. 

 Dull ochraceous, stout, with a purplish chalybeous gloss. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; third joint linear, much more slender than the second and 

 less than half its length. Legs silvery whitish ; fore coxae fawn- 

 colour towards the base ; tarsi fawn-colour ; their joints with whitish 

 tips. Wings long. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with 

 many blackish minute irregular transverse streaks ; a brown blackish- 

 bordered widely interrupted band, the fore part broader than the 

 hind part ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique ; under side 

 silvery whitish, excepting the band and a dark ochraceous stripe, 

 which is much dilated towards the tip and does not extend to the 

 exterior border. Hind wings chalybaeous ; basal part whitish, 

 including a dark ferruginous undulating band; two exterior dark 

 ferruginous bands, which are bordered with dark ochraceous on the 

 inner side ; a submarginal line of black speckles. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Batchiau. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Pyralis imbutalis. 



Fcem. Subochracea; abdomen fuscescens ; alee antica flavescente- 

 cinerea>, longa, sat angusta, fasciis obscurioribus indetermi- 



