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Show 418 COL. C. SWINHOE ON N E W [Nov. 5, Hab. Solun (Simla), September. Three examples from the late Captain Reed's collection. From A. robustalis this species differs in having the outer line on the fore wing denticulated, and the outer line on the hind wing barely visible above, but well defined on the underside. PYEALES. PYRALIDJE. S T E M M A T O P H O R A FOLIATA, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 5.) Antennae, palpi, head, and collar ochreous grey ; body and wings brownish fawn-colour, tinged with pale ochreous and irrorated with slaty grey atoms ; fore wings much darker than the hind wings, hind wings paler towards the base; fore wings with a brown spot at the end of the cell, and both wings crossed by two wavy brown lines- first from costa one third from base, and the other from costa one third from apex, both meeting in a rounded form close to the abdominal margin of the hind wings at its centre, the outer line edged outwardly with pale ochreous grey, the inner line only faintly visible in the hind wings ; cilia ochreous grey interlined with brown. Underside pale bronzy grey irrorated with grey atoms; wings shining; veins prominent, spot at the end of cell in fore wings and outer line of both wings prominent. Expanse of wings ly3^ inch. Hab. Nilgiri Hills, 6700 feet, June 1887. Four examples from Mr. Hampson. Allied to S. vibicalis, Lederer, of Ceylon, the type specimen of which has been compared with the present species. S. vibicalis is a smaller insect and more robust, with somewhat differently shaped transverse lines. PYRALIS DULCICULALIS, n. sp. Body and wings of a pale uniform reddish colour, one example is tinged with greenish ; abdomen with four or five lower segmental brown bands ; fore wings with the costal line spotted with black and yellow; a black spot at the end of the cell, and two nearly upright slightly sinuous white lines-first antemedial inwardly bordered with brown, the second discal extending from the hinder angle to the costa less than one third from the apex, and outwardly bordered with brown, and the space between the lines is paler than the rest of the wing. Hind wings slightly darker than the fore wings, whitish towards the costa, a white outwardly curved line just beyond the middle, bordered with brown on both sides and which stops on the whitish costal space, and has a large brown spot where it touches the hinder margin. Underside paler, shining, markings obscure ; legs reddish, fore legs with black and yellow bands above. Expanse of wings y8^ inch. Hab. Mahableshwar, May 1887. Three examples. Nearest to P. platymitris, Butler, from which it differs in its uni- |