LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 
899 
Pyralis Kacilialis. 
Mas. Lateritia , sat gracilis ; palpi fusci , graciles , arcuati, as - 
cendentes albo marginalia articulo 3 o lanceolato ; antenna 
robustce , vix pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticus perpaullo 
superans , segmentis albo marginatis ; ala latiascula , nigro 
subconspersa , lirieis interiore et exleriore albis obliquis vix 
arcuatis nigro marginatis ; antica acuta , costa convexa albo 
punctata , reniformi nigra angusta . 
Male . Brick-red colour, rather slender, cinereous beneath. 
Palpi brown, slender, curved, bordered with white, ascending rather 
high above the vertex; third joint lanceolate, very acute, about half 
the length of the second. Antennae stout, hardly pubescent. Ab- 
domen extending very little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders 
of the segments white, with black speckles. Legs smooth, hardly 
stout; femora grooved. Wings rather broad, not long, with a few 
black speckles, which are mostly on the hind wings; interior and 
exterior lines white, black-bordered, oblique, hardly curved, ap- 
proaching each other hindward ; fringe cinereous. Fore wings 
acute; costa convex, with white points between the lines ; reniform 
mark black, narrow, transverse. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the 
wings 10 lines. 
This species may be considered as the type of a distinct group 
in the genus. 
a. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection. 
Pyralis Tbycusalis. 
Foem. Cinerea , robusta ; palpi graciles , brevissimi , subarcuati , 
vix ascendentes ; abdomen alas poslicas superans ; pedes albidi , 
glabri ; ala spalio basali obliquo olivaceo-fusco , linea mar - 
ginali nigra , fimbria albida basi rufa ; antica acuta , fascia 
media obliqua albida extus diffusa , spatio exteriore olivaceo- 
fusco , margine exteriore. roseo ; postica fascia obliqua pallide 
rufa albo marginata , fasciis duabus nigris , spatio exteriore 
roseo nebulis fuscis. 
Female. Cinereous, stout. Palpi slender, very short, slightly 
curved, hardly ascending. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending 
somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs whitish, smooth. Wings 
moderately broad, obliquely olive-brown towards the base ; marginal 
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