268 CATALOGUE OF 



Pyralis pictalis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 395. Guen. Belt, et 

 Pyral 120, 9. 



Bnidostan. 



19. Pyralis phycidalis. 



Foam. Flavescente-carnea, alee anlicce spatio basali, margineque 

 exterior e fasciaque hepatico-fuscis, lineis duabus angustis un- 

 dulatis parallelis strigisque quaiuor pallidis, puncto discali 

 fusco ; posticce sordide albce. 



Pyralis phycidalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 121, 10. 

 Hindostan. 



20. Pyealis igniflualis. 



Foem. Cervina, subtus rufescente-cinerea testaceo varia ; palpi 

 angulati, articulo So brevissimo ; thorax antice rufescens ; 

 abdomen attenuatum ; alee lineis duabus indistinctis vix undu- 

 latis, margine exterior e nigricante, fimbria aurea basi rufes- 

 cente ; anticce maculis duabus punctisque octo intermediis 

 costalibus flavescentibus, margine exterior e perobliquo ; posticce 

 saturate rufce. 



Female. Fawn-colour, reddish cinereous and partly testaceous 

 beneath. Proboscis stout. Palpi obliquely ascending ; third joint 

 very minute, forming a distinct angle with the second, of which it is 

 not more than one-sixth of the length. Thorax reddish along the 

 fore border. Abdomen attenuated hindward ; oviduct terebriform. 

 Wings with a golden yellow fringe, which is reddish at the base and 

 red by the costa of the fore wings ; exterior border blackish ; lines 

 indistinct, hardly undulating, a little darker than the ground-colour 

 and slightly pale-bordered, yellowish and enlarged on the costa of 

 the fore wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with eight yellowish costal 

 points between the lines ; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

 wings deep red. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



21. Pyealis Lucillalis. 



Foem. Purpurascente-rufa ; palpi non angulati ; articulus Sus 

 linearis, 2i dimidio vix brevior ; abdomen attenuatum ; pedes 

 lutei ; alee nigro subconspersce, subtus luteo venosce, margine 

 exteriore luteo, fimbria pallide aurata, lineis duabus fla- 

 vescentibus valde undulatis ; anticce apice subrotundatce, 

 maculis duabus punctisque quatuor intermediis costalibus 

 flavis. 



