172 pyralid^e. 



oblique to inner margin ; the outer area darker purplish. Hind 

 wing paler and browner : a pale slightly waved submarginal line 

 from veins 1 c to 5. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp., d 34, $ 48 millim. 



Sect. II. (Banaka). Antennas of male serrate and fasciculate ; 

 fore wing narrow, with the outer margin evenly curved. 



4590. Sacada pyraliformis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 71, pi. 3, fig. 10 ; 



C. Sf 8. no. 1210. 



<5 . Dull olive-green. Fore wing with obscure leaden-coloured 

 patch on base of inner margin ; a medial leaden band wide at 

 costa, narrowing to inner margin, and with an olive-green cell- 

 spot on it ; outer area rather paler. Hind wing greenish fuscous, 

 with indistinct pale submarginal line angled at vein 2 ; cilia of 

 both wings chequered with fuscous. Underside with the basal 

 area suffused with fuscous as far as the slightly sinuous diffused 

 postmedial line. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bhutan. Exp. 32 millim. 



4591. Sacada rufina, n. sp. 



$ . Pale rufous. Fore wing with indistinct outwardly oblique 

 antemedial and inwardly oblique postmedial slightly sinuous dark 

 lines. Hind wing yellowish, redder towards outer margin, and 

 with faint traces of a postmedial dark line, which is more pro- 

 minent on underside. 



Hah. Bombay (Leith). Exp. 30 millim. Type in B.M. 



Genus PARACTENIA. 



Paractenia, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr, 1891, p. 642. 



Type, P. rubicundalis, Swinh. 



Range. Assam ; W. India. 



Differs from Bostra in the antennas of male being bipectiuated 

 for about two-thirds length ; each wing with veins 4, 5 approxi- 

 mated for about one-third length ; or fore wing with veins 4, 5 

 stalked. 



Sect. I. Pore wing with veins 4, 5 approximated. 

 4592. Paractenia rubicundalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 864. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing bright pink; the last with an 

 indistinct sinuous slightly oblique antemedial line ; a minutely 

 waved postmedial line angled inwards at vein 2. Abdomen pale 

 pinkish. Hind wing pale slightly irrorated with fuscous ; both 

 wings with minute marginal series of specks. 



Hah. Karachi ; Poona. Exp. 26 millim. 



