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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 865 reddish ; base of both wings suffused with deep red, with the discal line and reniform mark of the fore wings distinctly visible. Expanse of wings ly^- inch. 90. PYRALIS ROBOREALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 1.) Bombay, September. Dark rufous-brown ; stout palpi and head pale rufous ; abdomen dark brownish black, with paler segmental stripes ; wings irrorated with black ; fore wings rufous-brown, shining, with a black reniform mark, a black sinuous interior line, inwardly edged with pale pinkish testaceous, and an outward black sinuous line, outwardly edged with pale pinkish testaceous. Hind wings blackish brown, with an outer, pale sinuous line, corresponding to the outer line on the fore wings; fringe of both wings pinkish, edged with brown. Underside paler, with the markings showing through. Expanse of wings ly1^ inch. 91. PYRALIS QUISQUALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 11.) Poona, October. Antennae, palpi, and head pale pinkish testaceous, marked with brown; thorax rufous-brown; abdomen testaceous: fore wings shining, pinkish grey, irrorated with blackish brown, the irrorations packed into a diffuse shade near the base ; a broad black band occupies the centre of the wing, broadly on the costa, bends inwards on its outer side, and narrows downwards on to the hinder margin. Hind wings whitish testaceous, with a central, incomplete, pale brownish line ; marginal points of both wings black. Underside pale pinkish testaceous, with the black marginal points very distinct; a brown longitudinal central streak on the fore wings, from the base, joining a postmedial incomplete band, which meets it from the costa; hind wings with an interior brown spot, and with an incomplete, central, pale brown suffused line or band. Expanse of wings y9^ inch. 92. PYRALIS ZTZANIALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 12.) Bombay, July and September. Pinkish-white, suffused with brown ; antennae and palpi brown; head, thorax, and abdomen pinkish white, the abdomen with brown segmental bands; fore wings pinkish white, suffused with brown; costal line brown, reniform, with a brown ringlet; a thin interior, and similar submarginal brown band, inclining outwardly, with their upper portions curved inwardly to the costa. Hind wings white, grey towards the outer border. Both wings with the marginal points brown ; fringe interlined brown, white, and brown. Expanse of wings y^ inch. 93. PYRALIS XYLINALIS, n. sp. (Piate LVII. fig. 17.) Poona, October. Palpi brown; antennae brown above, whitish beneath; head rufous; thorax and abdomen blackish ; fore wings deep black, |
