LEPIDOPTERA UETEROCERA. 
903 
the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending rather beyond 
the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather stout. Wings rather broad, 
not long ; fringe gilded, rosy at the base ; interior and exterior lines 
brownish, oblique, indistinct, slightly undulating. Length of the 
body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
Belongs to the group of P.Jimbrialis. 
a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society’s collection. 
Pyralis Loceusalis. 
Fcem. Pallide cinerea , robusta ; palpi graciles , breves , ascend - 
entes, articulo 3o parvo ; abdomen alas posticus perpaullo su- 
perans ; pedes sat validly tarsis nigro fasciatis ; alee glauco 
tinctae , margine exteriore saturate roseo, fimbria albida ; anticce 
apice rectangulatce , margine exteriore postico undulato, costa 
lutea, fasciculis minimis nigris, litura, magna discali e guttis 
punctisque vitreis roseo et flavescente marginatis ; posticce 
roseo-cinerece , subtus lituris plurimis rufis nigro lineatis tessel- 
latce . 
Female. Pale cinereous, robust. Palpi slender, short, obliquely 
ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint minute. 
Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen extending very little beyond 
the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately stout ; tarsi with black 
bands. Wings moderately broad, glaucous-tinged ; exterior border 
deep rosy red ; fringe whitish except at the base. Fore wings rect- 
angular at the tips ; exterior border undulating hindward ; costa 
luteous, with minute black tufts ; a large discal mark composed of 
five vitreous dots and points, partly surrounded with rosy and pale 
yellow ; fringe blackish in the middle. Hind wings rosy cinereous 
above ; under side somewhat tessellated with numerous quadrate 
black-lined red marks. Length of the body 2 i lines ; of the wings 
6 lines. 
This and the following species will form a separate group in 
Pyralis . 
Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Pykalis? Idalialis. 
Foem. Purpurascente- cinerea, robusta ; palpi graciles, vix ascend - 
entes , non longi , articulo 3 o longi-conico ; antennae validce ; 
