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about one-third of the length of the second. Fore wings coarsely 

 squamous, slightly speckled with black ; two irregular oblique 

 whitish yellow bands slightly and diffusedly bordered with blackish ; 

 first band dilated along the costa ; second abbreviated in front, 

 accompanied hindward by a zigzag line of the same hue ; marginal 

 lunules blackish ; a blackish point in the first band, and a blackish 

 dot between the latter and the base of the wing. Hind wings 

 more cinereous, with two paler lines. Length of the body 4^ lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Australasia. 

 24. Pyralis Marthalis. 



Fcem. Purpurascente-rufescens, vix cinerascens ; palpi angulati, 

 oblique ascendentes, articulo So conico brevi ; abdomen apice 

 tubiforme subcompressum ; alee nigro subconspersw, lineis 

 duabus subundulalis flavescentibus, fimbria aurata ; anticce 

 maculis duabus costalibus fiavis, 



Mas ? Lcete-rufa ; antenna setosa? ; alee anticce lineis subobso- 

 letis; posticos non purpurascentes, margine interiore postico 

 fimbriate, lineis supra obsoletis, linea exteriore subtus con- 

 spicua. 



Female. Dull purplish red, with a cinereous tinge. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little above the vertex; third joint 

 conical, forming a nearly right angle with the second, of which it is 

 not more than one-fourth of the length. Antennae bare. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings, tubiform and slightly 

 compressed towards the tip. Wings minutely speckled with black ; 

 two slightly undulating yellowish lines, which proceed from two 

 brighter yellow spots on the costa of the fore wings ; fringe golden 

 yellow. Fore wings acute. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



Male P Brighter red than the female, especially on the hind 

 wings, which have not a purple tinge. Antennas with rather long 

 setae, which much decrease in length towards the tips. Wings with 

 a bright golden fringe, except by the costa of the fore wings. Fore 

 wings with the lines nearly obsolete ; interior costal spot very 

 small ; four bright yellow points between it and the exterior one. 

 Hind wings with long red hairs towards the end of the interior 



