296. HETEROCERA. 
Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger ®), Obispo (Salvin, in mus. D.).— 
Cotomsra °7, R. Magdalena?, Honda’; VENEZUELA 128; AMAzONS, Santarem®; BraZIL ; 
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 
A common and widely distributed species in Central and South America. I have a 
very large series of specimens before me, showing great variation in size and in the 
depth of colour. 
2. Diatreea saccharalis. (Tab. LXIV. fig. 29.) 
Phalena saccharalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 288 (1794) °. 
Crambus sacchari, Fabr. Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 469 *. 
Diatrea sacchari, Lansd. Guild. Trans. Soc. Arts, xlvi. p. 149, tab. (15) °; Westw. Journ. Linn. 
Soe., Zool. i. p. 103+; Comst. U. S. Departm. Agric., Report no. 35, p. 8 (1881) ’. 
Diaratria succharalis, Grote, Check-list of N. Am. Moths, p. 56 (1882) °. 
Chilo obliteratellus, Zell. Chilonid. et Crambid. p. 8 (1863)"; Stett. ent. Zeit. 1872, p. 465°; Hore 
Ent. Ross. xiii. p. 14 (1877) °; Walk. Cat. xxx. p. 966”. 
Diatrea obliteratella, Zell. Hore Ent. Ross. xvi. p. 163, t. 11. figg. 5a (3),8(¢)”. 
Crambus lineosellus, Walk. Cat. xxvii. p. 162 (3) ”. 
Crambus leucaniellus, Walk. loc. cit. p. 161 (2) ™. 
Chilo crambidoides, Grote, Canad. Ent. xii. p. 15 (1880) ™. 
Diaretria crambidoides, Grote, Check-list of N. Am. Moths, p. 56 (1882) ». 
Hab. Nortu America®!5, Louisiana ®, Kansas 14—Mexico, Jalapa (M. Trujillo), 
Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatemata, El Tumbador, Las Mercedes, Cerro 
Zunil, Senahu (Champion); Honpuras (Dyson !*); Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu 
(Rogers); Panama, Chiriqui (mus. Staudinger ®), Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion), Obispo (Salvin, in mus. D.)—Cotompia, R. Magdalena *, Honda *; 
Guiana; Bourvia; Brazin7919; AwnTILLES, Cuba®, San Domingo 1%, Dominica, St. 
Vincent ?.—Mavritius 4, CEYLON 4. 
The larva of this species is known as the “ sugar-cane borer,” and it appears to be 
very destructive where it is found. The insect varies in the distinctness of the spotted 
line on the primaries. 
3. Diatrea valida. 
Chilo (Donacoscaptes) validus, Zell. Hore Ent. Ross. xiii. p. 16, t. 1. figg. 4a, b (1877). 
Erupa (?) titanalis, Feld. & Rogenh. Reise der Novara, Lep. t. 137. fig. 4’. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch, in mus. Staudinger !).—Braziu ?. 
One specimen from Chiriqui in Dr. Staudinger’s collection. 
CHILO. 
Chilo, Zincken, in Germar’s Mag. ii. pp. 30, 33 (1817) ; Zeller, Chilonid. et Crambid. p. 6 (1863) ; 
Hore Ent. Ross, xiii. p. 18, and xvi. p. 156; Walker, Cat. xxvii. p. 139 (1863). . 
