498 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



1953. Pyrausta coclesalis. 



Botys coclesalis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xviii, p. 701 (1859). 



Botys itemalesalis, Walk., 1. c, xix, p. 996 (1859). 



Botys lacrymalis, Leech, Entorn., xxii, p. 69, pi. iii, fig. 12 



(1889). 

 Pyrausta coclesalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, 



p. 441 (1896); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, p. 254. 



I obtained this species in Satsuma in May, and at 

 Nagasaki in June. Walker's type of itemalesalis was from 

 Shanghai, and I have specimens from Chang-yang. 



Distribution. China ; Formosa ; throughout India and 

 Burma ; Borneo ; Java; Sumbawa {Hampson) ; Kiushiu; 

 Eastern and Central China. 



1954. Pyrausta fuscobrunnealis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 7.) 

 Primaries pale brown, suffused with fuscous ; antemedial line 

 darker, diffuse, slightly excurved ; postmedial line darker, outwardly 

 edged with whitish, finely dentate, indented below the costa, ex- 

 curved to vein 2 where it is bent inwards, angled on vein 1; a 

 dusky dot in the cell, and a lunule at end of the cell ; fringes of the 

 ground colour, preceded by a double darker line. Secondaries pale 

 fuscous with a darker, curved, postmedial line, which is outwardly 

 edged with whitish, and bent inwards between veins 3 and 2 ; fringes 

 white, preceded by a double brown line. Under surface fuscous, the 

 secondaries paler than primaries ; all the wings have an indistinct 

 postmedial line. 

 Expanse 20 niiliim. 



Two female specimens from Chang-yang, taken in 

 August. 

 Habitat. Central China. 

 Allied to P.fuscalis, Schiff. 



R.S. 



1955. Pyrausta hampsoni, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 21.) 



Primaries brownish-grey, blackish dots at middle and end of cell, 

 with a pale spot between them ; ante- and postmedial lines blackish ; 

 the former is inwardly edged with whitish, and indented below costa 

 and before inner margin ; the latter is outwardly edged with whitish, 

 serrate, excurved beyond the cell; fringes brownish-grey preceded 

 by a rather darker line. Secondaries slightly paler with a black 

 discal dot ; postmedial line blackish, outwardly edged with whitish, 

 indented below the costa, and more sharply at vein 2, hardly trace- 



