LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 759 



14. PlONEA CONQUISITALIS. 



Paullo 7najor P. forticali ; thorax linca media nigra ; alec 

 ligneo-subcinerea, sericece ; anticce macula magna reni- 

 formi strigisque punctiformibus ; posticcc serie triplici punc- 

 torum nigris. 



Pionea conquisitalis, Guen. Explor. Scient. deV Alger. Anim. Artie. 

 iii. 403, 159, pi. 4, f. 9 ; Belt, et Pyral. 370, 458. 



Oran. 



15. Pionea bifascialis. 



Paullo major P. politali ; alee sericea, paleaceo-lutea ; antica 

 fasciis duabus, posticce unica lineaque fusco-violaceis. 



Pionea bifascialis, Guen. Explor. Scient. deV Alger. Anim. Artie. 

 iii. 403, 166 ; Belt, et Pyral. 372, 462. 



Constantina. 



Asia. 

 16. Pionea brevialis. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina, sat valida ; palpi porrecti, breves, 

 articulo So conico acuto ; antenna subpubescentes ; alec 

 breviuscula? ; antica? apice rectangulatce, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore fuscescentibus undulatis indistinctis, hac flexa, linea 

 submarginali valde indistincta, renifonni e striga obliqua 

 arcuata cervina ; postica? testacea. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, rather stout. Palpi porrect, 

 short, white beneath ; third joint conical, acute, less thau half the 

 length of the second. Maxillary palpi visible. Antennae minutely 

 pubescent. Pectus white. Abdomen testaceous. Wings rather 

 short. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; interior and exterior 

 lines brownish, undulating, indistinct, the latter bent ; a more in- 

 distinct submarginal line ; reniform mark forming a curved oblique 

 fawn-coloured streak. Hind wings testaceous. Length of the body 

 3^ lines j of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Colombo, Ceylon. From Herr Dohrn's collection. 



