PYRALIIX'E, SUBFAMILY htY PSOT ROPING. 



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Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell, 3 from before angle ; 

 hind wing witli veins 3 and 5 not approximated towards base. 

 A. Hind w ing with vein 8 anastomosing with 7; palpi obliquely upturned and 

 hardly reaching to vertex of head, the maxillary palpi filiform ; antennae of 

 male with the shaft slightly curved at base and without distinct ridge of 

 scales. 



(2) fpROPHTASIA SPHALMATELLA, Sp. 11. 



c? . Head and thorax black-brown tinged with grey; abdomen 

 brownish ochreous, dorsally fulvous yellow towards base, ventrally 

 grey-brown. Fore wing black-brown mixed witli some grey, 

 especially on inner area ; a pure white fascia on costal area, 

 leaving the costa black-brown and not reaching the apex ; an 

 indistinct diffused dark antemedial spot on vein 1 and oblique 

 postmedial lino. Hind wing whitish suffused witli brown ; a 

 darker terminal line and white line at base of cilia. 



Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 <$ type. Exp. 28 mm. 



(3) fPitOPBTASIA EPITEUXIS, Sp. 11. 



d . Head and thorax glossy black-brown ; abdomen grey suf- 

 fused with brown ; palpi white below towards base ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen black-brown, the femora and 

 tibiae streaked with white. Fore wing glossy black-brown, the 

 inner area tinged with grey ; a pure white costal fascia, narrow- 

 ing to apex ; an indistinct diffused dark antemedial line from cell 

 to inner margin and oblique postmedial line. Hind wing grey 

 suffused with fuscous ; a slight punctiform dark terminal line and 

 white line at base of cilia. 



Burma, Hsipaw (de Niceville), 2^ type. Exp. 24-28 mm. 



(4) f Prophtasia glaucoph^ea, sp. n. 



Head and thorax grey-brown tinged with white ; abdomen 

 white suffused with grey-brown ; palpi white in front except 

 towards tips ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white 

 mixed with some brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown, black- 

 brown towards the rather broad white costal fascia which does 

 not narrow to apex. Hind wing creamy white slightly tinged 

 with brown. 



Kashmir (JPilcher), 1 J ; Punjab, Kangra (Dudgeon), 1 <3 , 

 Moghal Sarai (Betton), 1 $ \ Bengal, Oudh (Pitcher), 1 S ; Sind, 

 Karachi (Sioinhoe), 1 $ ; Madras, Belgaum ( Watson), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 18-22 mm. 



(5) fPttOPHTASlA AMPHICHEA, sp. 11. 



Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with white ; abdomen 

 white tinged with brown ; pectus and legs white mixed with 

 brown. Fore wing pale purplish brown mixed with white, the 

 costal area broadly white with slight brown irroration ; indistinct 

 diffused dark curved ante- and postmedial lines except towards 



