148 - ptealid^:. 



marginal regularly curved. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia of both' 

 wings pale rufous. 



Hab. Japan ; China ; Nilgiris ; Bernardmyo, Burma. Exp. 24 

 millim. 



Sect. II. Veins 4, 5 of each wing closely approximated for 

 about one-third length. 



4517. Aglossa pinguinalis, Linn, Faun. Suec. p. 351 ; id. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 882 ; C. | S. no. 4503. 

 Aglossa pinguinalis, var. asiatica, ErscJi. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, viii., 



p. 317. _ 

 Aglossa pinguinalis, var. aldidalis, Christ. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. x» 



p. 41. 



Differs from dimidiata in being pale fuscous marked with dark 

 brown ; head tinged with fulvous. Hind wing pale, with more or 

 loss distinct dentate medial line ; the outer area fuscous, narrowing 

 to anal angle. 



The form asiatica, ranging from Syria to the N.W. Himalayas, 

 is considerably paler than the European" form. 



Hab. Europe; Syria; Afghanistan; N.W. Himalayas. Exp.,, 

 6 22-24, $ 34-44 millim. 



Genus HYPSOPYGIA. 



Hypsopygia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 348 (P1818). 



Type, H. costalis, Eabr., from Europe. 



Range. Palasarctic and Nearctic regions ; Japan ; China ; India T 

 Ceylon, and Burma ; Australia. 



Differs from Pyralis in the fore wing having vein 9 given off from 

 8 before 7. 



4518. Hypsopygia mauritialis, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag., Lep. p. 119, 

 pi. 16, fig. 8. 

 Pyralis lucillalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 268 ; C. $ S. no. 4454. 

 Pyralis ducalis, Wlk. Cat. xxsiv, p. 1242. 

 Pyralis regalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1241. 

 Hypsopygia laticilialis, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 28. 



Bright pink or purplish pink ; 

 vertex of head orange. Eore 

 wing with ante- and postmedial 

 sinuous pale Hues arising from 

 small orange spots on the costa 

 and with orange specks on the 

 costa between them ; an obscure 

 p io . 8 g dark discocellular lunule. Hind 



Hypsopygia mauritialis, $. \. wing with pale sinuous ante- 



and postmedial lines ; the cilia 

 and margin of both wings bright orange. 



Hab. Madagascar; China; N.W. Himalayas: Manipur ; 

 Poona; Burma; Sumatra; Java; Celebes. Exp., 6 20, $ 24 

 millim. 



