LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
905 
Fore wings acute. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 
lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
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Pyralis ? CEgnusalis. ~ * Co uA; 
Fcera. Viridescente-testacea , sat robusta ; palpi validi , ascendenfes, 
subarcuati , articulo So lanceolato ; antennce validce, subcom- 
pressce ; thoracis tegulce glabrae , longi-conicce ; abdomen alas 
posticas superans ; pedes compressi , latiusculi ; alee anticce 
flavee, apice rotundatce , costa viridescente-testacea , vitta discali 
interrupta informi fasciaque marginali roseis ; posticce albido ~ 
cinerece. 
Female. Greenish testaceous, rather stout, cinereous beneath. 
Palpi slightly curved, moderately stout, ascending to a little higher 
than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 
second. Antennae stout, slightly compressed. Tegulae of the tho- 
rax smooth, elongate-conical. Abdomen extending rather beyond 
the hind wings. Legs smooth, compressed, rather broad. Wings 
moderately broad. Fore wings yellow, greenish testaceous along 
the costa, rounded at the tips, with an interrupted irregular rosy 
discal stripe and a rosy marginal band. Hind wings whitish cine- 
reous. Length of the body 4 lino6 ; of the wings 9 lines. 
It has a remarkable resemblance to Rhodaria in the colour of 
the wings, but is very different in the structure of the palpi. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Pyralis ? Deciusalis. 
Mas. Ochraceo * cinerea , sat robusta , albido- cinere a ; palpi validi , 
arcuati, pubescentes , verticem paullo superantes , articulo So 
minima ; antennce valde pubescentes ; abdomen subcarinatum , 
subcompressum , alas posticas longe superans ; pedes glabri ; 
alee amplce , fuscescente-cinerece , cupreo purpureoque nitentes , 
lineis duabus obscurioribus diffusis valde indistinctis ; anticeB 
apice rotundatce . 
Male. Ochraceous-cinereous, rather stout, whitish cinereous 
beneath. Palpi stout, curved, pubescent, applied to the front, 
ascending a little higher than the vertex ; third joint very minute. 
Antennas rather stout, very pubescent. Abdomen slightly keeled 
