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Genus PYPATJSTA. 



Pyrausta, Schrank, Fauna Roica, ii, 2, p. 163 (1802). 

 Syllythria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 349 (? 1818). 

 Haematia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 349. 

 Nascia, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi, p. 599 (1840). 

 Herbula, Guen. Belt. Sr Pyr. p. 175 (1854). 

 Ebulea, Guen. Belt, fy Pyr. p. 357. 

 Gyptitia, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxvi, p. 138 (1883). 

 Eclipsoides, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 343. 

 Paliga, Moore, Lep. Ceijl. iii, p. 350 (1885). 

 Protocolletis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 223. 

 Opsibotys, Warr. A. M. N. EL. (6) vi, p. 474 (1890). 

 Sciorista, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vi, p. 475. 

 Micractis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) ix, p. 294 (1892). 

 Glauconoe, Warr. A. M. N. BE. (6) ix, p. 296. 

 Aplograpbe, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) ix, p. 301. 

 Crypsiptya, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 463. 



Type, P. cingulata, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi porrect, triangularly scaled, the 3rd joint hidden by hair ; 

 maxillary palpi filiform ; frons rounded ; antennae not more than 

 three-fourths length of fore wing and minutely ciliated ; tibiae with 

 the outer spurs short, the outer medial spur of hind tibiae not more 

 than two-thirds the length of the inner spur. Pore wing with 

 veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 10 free or rarely anas- 

 tomosing with 8, 9. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 not approximated 

 towards origin ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Sect. I. {Pyrausta). Hind tibiae with the outer medial spur one- 

 half to two-thirds tbe length of the inner spur. 



A. Hind tibice fringed on outer side ivith spinous hair. 



5220. Pyrausta silhetalis, Guen. Belt. $ Pyr. p. 166; C. $ S. 



no. 4337. 

 Botys pangialis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 134, fig. 25. 

 Pyrausta cuprealis, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i, p. 235 ; id. 2nd 



Yarkand Mission, Lep. pi. 1, fig. 26 ; C. fy S. no. 4335. 



Black-brown; head and legs orange; abdomen ringed with 

 orange and with some orange on sides. Pore wing with faint 

 traces of diffused dark ante- and postmedial bands. Hind wing 

 with broad medial orange band not reaching the costa and 

 narrowing to inner margin. Underside of each wing with orange 

 fascia on inner margin meeting a medial band. 



Rah. Yarkand; JST.W". and E. Himalayas; Khasis. Exp. 

 18 millim. 



5221. Pyrausta aurantifascialis, n. sp. 



5 . Black-brown ; underside of palpi, thorax, and abdomen and 

 the legs golden yellow ; abdomen with fine pale rings. Wings 

 black-brown ; fore wing with orange postmedial band from costa to 

 vein 4, rounded at lower end ; hind wing with similar band from 



