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CATALOGUE OF 
the latter denticulated and bent. Fore wings hardly acute ; space 
between the interior and exterior lines mostly blackish ; orbicular 
and reniform marks formed by two ringlets. Hind wings cinereous ; 
lines indistinct. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 
13 lines. 
a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 
Pyralis Ratoalis. 
Fcern. Albida , robusta ; palpi validi , lanceolati , vix arcuati , 
ad frontem applicati , verlicem super antes, articulo So parvo ; 
antennae robustae ; abdomen testaceum , alas posticas paullo 
superans ; pedes robusli , pilosi; alee sat angustae ; anticce 
purpurascente-rufescentes, lituris ditabus, una apud marginem 
interiorem basalem , altera discali , linea media alba obliqua 
plagaque costali diffusa albis ; posticce cinerece. 
Female . Whitish, stout. Palpi stout, lanceolate, hardly 
curved, applied to the head, rising higher than the vertex ; third 
joint minute. Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen testaceous, ex- 
tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs robust, pilose. 
Wings rather narrow ; fringe broad. Fore wings reddish, slightly 
purple-tinged, with two large yellowish marks ; one extending along 
the interior border from the base, the other along the hind outer 
side of a white oblique middle line, and contiguous in front to a dif- 
fuse white patch by the costa; tips somewhat rounded; fringe 
interlined with whitish. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 
body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. ? 
Pyralis? Trimeronalis. ^ ^ 
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Fcem. Testacea , sat gracilis ; palpi ascendentes , brevissimi , non 
lati , articulo So minimo ; antennae graciles, submonilif ormes ; 
abdomen lineare , planum , alas posticas paullo superans ; aloe 
albidae , lineolis plurimis transversis confusis pallide ochra - 
cm; anticce apicc rectangulatae , costa recta . 
Female . Testaceous, rather slender. Palpi ascending, very 
short, not broad ; third joint very minute. Antennae slender, 
slightly submoniliform. Abdomen linear, rather flat, extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings moderately 
broad, whitish, with very numerous pale ochraceous transverse lines ; 
