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PYRALID^. 
Oligostigma pulchellale. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 30.) 
Expanse inch. 
Male. Vertex of head white ; thorax brown, with the collar, patagia, and streaks on 
meso- and metathorax white. Fore wing fulvous yellow suffused with brown, with white 
longitudinal streaks from the base along the median and submedian nervures ; the inner 
margin with a white-and-brown streak from before the middle to the outer angle ; a post- 
medial white patch from the costa to the third median nervule ; a submarginal black line 
inwardly edged with white ; a marginal black line. Hind wing brown, the base and base of 
costa white, ending in a large patch ; a white antemedial band expanding into a large patch 
on the inner margin ; a postmedial curved white line from the costa to the white blotch on 
the inner margin ; a white patch at apex inwardly edged by black, and another on the centre 
of the outer margin without the black edge ; a marginal black line obsolete at the lobe, on 
which are three black spots each inwardly edged by white. The tufts on hind femur black. 
Cataclysta nigritalis. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 5.) 
Catactysta blandialis, Moore (nec Walker), Lej). Cei/l. iii. p. 299, jjL 179. fig. 15. 
Expanse inch. 
Male. Differs from C. blandialis, 'WW. = cuneigera, Moore, in the patches on the wings 
being nearly black instead of grey ; the yellow areas being of a fulvous tint. Fore wing 
with the silvery subbasal and antemedial bands obsolescent ; the postmedial silvery streak 
from the costa obsolete, and the spot near the outer angle small ; the submarginal band 
suffused with fuscous. Hind wing with the silvery subbasal line obsolescent, and the two 
spots on the outer margin nearest the apex joined together. 
Catoclysta fuscalis. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 13.) 
Expanse inch. 
Male. Head brownish oclireous ; thorax and abdomen fuscous. Fore wing smoky 
brown ; a submarginal ochreous band from below the costa to the third median nervule ; a 
marginal ochreous band obsolescent towards outer angle. Hind wing smoky brown ; a very 
indistinct waved postmedial pale line ; a marginal fulvous band, on which are five conjoined 
black spots centred with bluish silver. 
Ambia suffusalis. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 20.) 
Expanse ^ inch. 
Female. Differs from A. locuples, Butl., in the ground-colour of the wings being reddish 
yellow suffused with black, especially at the base of the fore wing and on the disk of the hind 
wing. Fore wing with the basal bands broken up and irregular ; the postmedial white band 
from the costa narrower and not so well defined with black ; the submarginal band ending 
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