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Female. Purplish red. Palpi obliquely ascending ; third 

 joint linear, not forming an angle with the second, of which it is 

 nearly half the length. Abdomen attenuated towards the tip, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings ; oviduct terebriform. Legs 

 luteous. Wings minutely speckled with black, luteous beneath 

 along the veins, and in the hind wings towards the base ; exterior 

 border luteous ; fringe pale gilded yellow ; lines yellowish, very 

 undulating, extending from two yellow costal spots on the fore 

 wings ; the latter somewhat rounded at the tips and with four yel- 

 low points between the costal spots. Length of the body 3J lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 

 a, b. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



22. Pyralis Pelasgalis. 



Fcem. Rosea; palpi angulati ; articulus Stis extus nigricans, 2i 

 dimidio longior ; antennce robuslce, nudce ; pedes validi, 

 tibiis posticis tarsisque pallide luteis ; alee nigro sub cons per see, 

 purpurascente vix suff'usce, lineis duabus pallidis, fimbria 

 aurea ; anticce maculis duabus costalibus fiavis. 



Female. Rose-colour. Third joint of the palpi blackish on 

 the outside, more than half the length of the second, with which it 

 forms a distinct angle. Antennae thick, bare. Legs stout; tarsi 

 and hind tibiae pale luteous. Wings slightly speckled with black 

 and with a slight purplish tinge ; two pale lines which proceed from 

 two yellow costal spots on the fore wings ; fringe gold-colour, 

 bright red towards the base and by the costa of the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 5 (?) lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



23. Pyralis Palesalts. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi longiusculi ; articulus 3us Ian- 

 ceolatus, 2i triente non longior ; ala anticce squamosce, nigro 

 subconspersa, fasciis duabus obliquis albido-flavis nigricante 

 submarginatis, \a apud costam dilatata, 2a antice abbreviata, 

 lineola postica angulosa, lunulis marginalibus, puncto discali 

 guttaque interior e nigricantibus ; posticce cinerascentes, lineis 

 duabus pallidioribus. 



Male. Reddish cinereous. Palpi rather long, ascending 

 obliquely, a little higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, 



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