160 PYBALID^. 



Sect. I. {Herculia). Patagia of male reaching slightly beyond 

 metathorax. 



4554. Herculia imbecilis, Moore, Lev. Ceyl. iii, p. 264 ; C. & S. 



no. 4450. 

 Pyralis incongrua, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 383,' pi. 35, fig. 5 ; C. $ 8, 

 no. 4451. 



Pale olive-grey. Pore wing with the costa reddish ochreous ; 

 a slightly curved antemedial pale line and almost straight post- 

 medial line ; a dark speck at end of cell. Hind wing with nearly 

 straight ante- and postmedial pale lines. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas; Nilgiris"; Ceylon; Java; Celebes'; 

 Piji. Exp., S 30, $ 34millim. 



4555. Herculia tenuis, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 681. 

 Spilodes rkodocryptalis, C. fy 8. no. 4145, nee Wlh. 



Differs from imbecilis in being pale reddish brown ; the lines of 

 both wings fuscous ; hind wing with the antemedial line more 

 oblique and approaching the postmedial line towards inner 

 margin. 



Hab. Brazil ; S. Africa ; Pormosa ; Poona ; Ceylon. Exp. 26 

 millim. 



4556. Herculia rudis, Moore, Zep. Atk. p. 205 ; C. $ S. no. 4508. 



5 . Differs from tenuis in the head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being suffused with pinkish, the antemedial line with ochreous 

 inner edge, the postmedial with ochreous outer edge ; fore wing 

 with a dark discocellular spot and yellow specks on medial part 

 of costa. 



One specimen has the postmedial line of fore wing slightly 

 excurved from vein 6 to 3, and the hind wing paler. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 30 millim. 



4557. Herculia nigrivitta, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 125. 

 Buzala fuscicosta, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 130. 



Asopia fuscicostalis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxvi, p. 122, pi. 6, fig. 4. 



S . Pale rufous ; head fuscous black. Pore wing with the 

 costal area smoky black, with pale ante- and postmedial spots 

 from which arise slightly waved lines ; a black speck at upper 

 angle of cell. Hind wing slightly irrorated with fuscous and 

 with the inner area darker rufous ; slightly waved dark ante- and 

 postmedial lines. 



Hab. Burma ; Borneo. Exp. 26 millim. 



4558. Herculia albolinealis, Hmpsn. Ill, Set. viii, p. 130, pi. 154, 



fig. 10. 



2 • Black-brown slightly irrorated with grey and red scales. 

 Pore wing with some black and white specks on costa ; a slightly 



