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HEEMINIID^. — PYEALID^. 
MAEIMATHA, Walker. 
Marimatha straminea. (Plate LVIII. fig. 2.) 
Primaries stramineous^ sericeous ; the base of costa, two widely separated central trans- 
verse lines and a dot between them, at the end of the cell, blackish : secondaries white, slightly 
tinted with stramineous upon the external border : body stramineous, top of head blackish ; 
anterior coxae and sides of femora silvery. Primaries below paler than above, the cell 
greyish ; inner transverse line absent : secondaries with a dot at the end of the cell and an 
arched discal line grey. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
PYRALIDiE. 
PYEALIS, Linn. 
Pyralis elachia. (Plate LVIII. fig. 3.) 
Allied to P. farinalis, hut altogether greyer in tiiit, the basal areas of all the wings 
blackish, the central belt of primaries whity brown, its white margins nearly straight, very 
slightly sinuated; external area more even in width, altogether more dusky in tint, not red at 
apex ; the centre of costal margin alternately black and white ; a whity brown basal spot : 
central belt of secondaries further from the outer margin darker j external area altogether 
whiter ; black spots and fringes as in P. farinalis : body whity brown, the abdomen banded 
with blackish. Primaries below shining greyish brown ; costal margin black, dotted with white, 
otherwise without markings : secondaries whitish, irrorated with grey and crossed in the 
middle by two parallel lunulated grey lines ; a marginal series of grey dots : body below 
whity brown. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
Pyralis fraterna. (Plate LVIII. fig. 4.) 
Allied to P. farinalis, hut altogether greyer in tint ; the white lines on the wings more 
slender, the basal and apical areas of primaries shining greyish brown instead of ferruginous ; 
the central belt broader and duller in colour ^secondaries more uniform grey, the marginal 
black spots confined to the anal angle abdomen black, the third, fourth, and anal segments 
fulvous in the centre. Under surface greyer than in P. farinalis, but with similar markings. 
Expanse of wings 11 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
