510 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



similar to above, but the base of the secondaries is orange-yellow, and 

 there is a dash of the same colour at the base of the costa. 

 Expanse 20 millim. 



One example from Chow-pin-sa and one from Ta- 

 chien-lu. 

 Habitat. Western China. 



R. S. 



1993. Pyrausta ptcnctilinealis, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 14.) 



Primaries brown dusted and clouded with blackish ; a pale ochreous 

 spot in the cell, a larger one below it extending to inner margin, a 

 quadrate ochreous spot at end of the cell, and a somewhat similar one 

 on the costa towards the apex ; from the lower end of the subapical 

 spot there is a sinuous ochreous line terminating on the inner margin ; 

 a golden-brown marginal line with black dots upon it ; fringes 

 blackish with paler tips. Secondaries black with an orange-yellow 

 cuneiform dash on the basal area and curved postmedial band of the 

 same colour ; the latter is broadest towards the costa, and does not 

 reach the abdominal margin ; fringes yellow marked with black 

 about the middle. Under surface purplish-brown with an orange- 

 yellow triangular mark occupying the middle of the basal two-thirds ; 

 this mark has a dot of the ground colour on its upper edge ; post- 

 medial band orange-yellow, broadest towards the costa ; outer margin 

 orange-yellow, the costa between band and base powdered with orange- 

 yellow scales. Secondaries orange-yellow with traces of purplish 

 central and submarginal bands. 



Expanse 21 millim. 



Six specimens from Ta-chien-lu taken in May and 

 June. 

 Habitat Western China. 



R. S. 



1994. Pyrausta bieti. 



Pyrausta bieti, Oberth., Etud. d'Entom., xi, p. 35, pi. ii, 

 fig. 10. 



Described from Ta-tsien-lou. 



Four specimens from Ta-chien-lu and one from Pu-tsu- 

 fong. June. 



Habitat. Western China. 



1995. Pyrausta chrysitis. 



Pyrausta chrysitis, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 

 p. 584. 



