330 PYRALIDiE. 



black, with a pale dorsal spot at base ; the anal tuft whitish and 

 black. Fore wing with the basal area fuscous brown, bounded by 

 an oblique antemedial line ; the medial area ochreous ; a disco- 

 cellular black-edged reniform mark ; a postmedial line straight 

 from costa to vein 5, bent outwards to vein 2, and with some 

 brown in its sinus, then retracted to lower angle of cell ; the area 

 beyond it brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, with indistinct 

 oblique medial and postmedial lines from costa to vein 2; a 

 marginal yellow line from apex to the angle at vein 2. 



Hab. Ceylon ; E. Pegu ; Tenasserim ; Borneo. Exp. 26 millim. 



b'. Hind wing with the outer margin oblique; antennae of male with 

 the shaft thickened and thickly fringed tvith hair for a short 

 distance near base. 



4958. Sylepta obliquifascialis, n. sp. 



Ochreous ; thorax striped with brown ; abdomen ringed with 

 black, orange towards extremity, the anal tuft black and white, 

 Tore wing with two oblique subbasal lines hardly reaching inner 

 margin ; a more prominent antemedial line, with a spot beyond it 

 in the cell ; a medial band wide at costa, narrowing to inner 

 margin ; an oblique postmedial band from costa to vein 5, where 

 in male it touches the medial band ; an oblique band given off at 

 vein 5 from the broad marginal band and joining it again on inner 

 margin, the marginal baud running round outer angle. Hind wing 

 with the whole area between the cell and inner margin orange ; an 

 oblique medial line ; a postmedial band broad at costa, narrowing ta 

 vein 2, where it curves inwards and becomes obsolete ; a marginal 

 band expanding inwards on vein 2 and becoming obsolete. 



Hab. Rangoon; Upper Burma (Watson). Exp. 24 millim. 

 Type in B. M. 



4959. Sylepta chronialis, Wlh. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1453. 



S . Differs from obliquifascialis in the medial line of fore wing 

 not reaching the costa and embracing a discocellular lunule ; the 

 postmedial line from costa and the line from the marginal band 

 not oblique but parallel to the margin. Hind wing with no orange 

 patch ; the medial line embracing a discocellular spot ; the post- 

 medial straight; submargiual line from costa to vein 2, and a 

 marginal line. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Java. Exp. 30 millim. 



b. Fore wing broader, the apex not produced and the outer margin 

 more erect. 



a'. (Sylepta). Thorax of male with no fan of scales from origin 

 of hind wing below. 



a 2 . Retinaculum of male normal. 



4960. Sylepta chalybifaseia, n. sp. 



8 . Pale vellow ; abdomen tinged with fuscous at middle ; wings. 



