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South America. 



13. Pyralis Manihotalis. 



Testaceo-cinerea ; palpi breves, arcuati, articulo So brevi truncato 

 bene determinate ; alee nigricante conspersw, fimbria pallidiore 

 interlineata ; anticee lineis duabus medianis pallidis tremulis, 

 la erecta, 2a subarcuata, strigis costalibus albis,puncto discali 

 nigro ; posticee linea 2a subdentata. 



Pyralis Manihotalis, Guen. Belt et Pyral. 121, 11. 



Cayenne. 



14. Pyealis nostralis. 

 Rufescens ; palpi breves, articulo So brevi inflexo ; alee testaceo- 

 cinereee, fimbria bilineata, lineis duabus medianis nigricantibus ; 

 anticce apud costam rufescentes strigis fuscis, lineis duabus 

 erectis remotis parallelis ; posticce lineis approximatis rotun- 

 datis. 

 Pyralis nostralis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 122, 12. 

 Brazil, 

 a— e. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Africa. 



15. Pyealis ? Bolinalis. 



Foam. Testaceo-cinerea; palpi porrecti ; articulus Sus lanceolatus, 

 2i dimidio non longior ; abdomen alas posticus superans ; alee 

 anticee lineis duabus albis, la recta vix obliqua roseo margi- 

 nata, 2a valde flexa et undulata roseo ex parte marginata ; 

 posticee cinereo-albee. 



Female. Testaceous-cinereous. Palpi porrect ; third joint 

 lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Abdomen ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with two white 

 lines ; first line straight, hardly oblique, bordered with rose-colour ; 

 second line most deeply bent and undulating, partly bordered with 

 rose-colour ; its fore end near the tip of the costa. Hind wings 

 cinereous white. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



