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CATALOGUE OF 
minutely pubescent. Abdomen black-speckled, broad and flat at 
the tip, extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 
pubescent. Wings rather broad ; fringe broad. Fore wings 
black-speckled, rounded at the tips, partly reddish or brownish ; 
marginal lunules black. Hind wings cinereous, with a short pale 
exterior line ; fringe slightly reddish. Length of the body 5 lines ; 
of the wings 12 lines. 
It has the form of P. farinalis , but is more robust, 
rt. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Pyralis Rayolalis. 
Fcem. Cinerea , rufo varia , sat robusta ; palpi ascendentes , sat 
validi , verticem superantes , articulo So lanceolato ; antenna 
sat validce ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans , nigro sub- 
conspersum ; pedes validi ; alee sat amplce , fimbria rosea ; 
anticce rosece , apice rotundatce , spatio basali glaucescente- 
cinereo, lineis duabus ferrugineis albido marginatis , costa 
pallida ferrugineo punctata ; posticce cinerece , nigro conspersce , 
lineis duabus serpentinis albidis ferrugineo submar ginatis. 
Female. Cinereous, varied with red, moderately stout, darker 
cinereous beneath. Palpi rather stout, erect, ascending higher than 
the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 
second. Antennae smooth, rather stout. Abdomen extending a 
little beyond the hind wings, slightly speckled with black. Legs 
stout. Wings somewhat ample; fringe rosy. Fore wings rosy, 
rounded at the tips; basal third part cinereous, glaucous-tinged, 
bounded by a slightly undulating ferruginous line, which has 
a whitish outer border; another ferruginous whitish-bordered line 
at two-thirds of the length, straight, dilated by the costa ; the latter 
mostly pale, with some ferruginous points. Hind wings cinereous, 
with two serpentine whitish lines, which are partly and irregularly 
bordered with black-speckled ferruginous. Length of the body 
lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
Structure of P. farinalis . 
a. Ceylou. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
