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CATALOGUE OF 
Female . Cinereous-red, very stout. Palpi brown, slender, 
striped with cinereous, not long ; third joint lanceolate, rather more 
than half the length of the second. Antennae rather slender. Abdo- 
men hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; 
tibiae slightly fringed. Wings robust, rather broad, with very nume- 
rous transverse little brown streaks, which are most conspicuous on 
the under side ; the latter is partly slate-colour, partly red. Fore 
wings very acute ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 
4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a . Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Pyralis Bastialis. 
Foem. Alba , sat gracilis , antice fusca ; palpi gracil.es , glabri , as - 
cendentes , subarcuati , articulo 3 o lanceolate) ; antennae validcc ; 
abdomen alas posticas non superans ; alee elongates, fusco sub * 
tessellat.ee ; anticee acutee , punctis submarginalibus nigricanti- 
bus. 
Female . White, rather slender. Head and fore part of the 
thorax brown. Palpi slender, smooth, obliquely ascending, rising 
a little higher than the vertex ; second joint slightly curved ; third 
lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennse stout. Abdo- 
men not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings 
elongate, minutely tessellated with pale brown. Fore wings acute, 
with a few blackish submarginal points ; exterior border very oblique. 
Length of the body 2| lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
It differs more than the two preceding species from the struc- 
ture of P. nostralis. 
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. 
Pyralis Healealis. 
Mas. Roseo-cinerea , sat gracilis ; palpi graciles , ascendentes , sub - 
angulati , caput superantes , articulo 3 o longi-conico ; abdomen 
alas posticas superans ; alee latiusculee , non longee , lineis inte - 
riore et exteriore fuscescentibus obliquis indistinctis subundu- 
latis, fimbria aurata basi rosea. 
Male. Rosy cinereous, rather slender. Palpi slender, obliquely 
ascending, rising much higher than the vertex ; third joint minute, 
elongate-conical, inclined forward and forming an obtuse angle with 
