Diatrcea saecJiaralis, $ 



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Chilo companellus, Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. 137, f. 5. 



„ cramlldoides, Grote, Can. Eut., xii, p. 15. 

 S. Head and thorax oclireons-brown ; abdomen whitish with 



fulvous band on 1st two segments. 

 Forewing oehreous; the veins 

 and interspaces streaked with 

 fuscous ; a black speck on disco- 

 cellulars ;an obscure dark minute- 

 ly dentate Hue from costa near 

 apex to inner margin before 

 middle : a similar but more prominent line from the same point on 

 costa to inner margin half-way between 1st line and outer angle ; a 

 marginal series of black specks. Hindwing whitish, slightly oehreous 

 towards outer margin, and often with a marginal series of black specks. 

 9 . Paler and clearer oehreous ; the hindwing almost pure white. 

 The larva bores in the sugarcanes, and is very destructive. 

 Habitat. — N. and S. America; W. Indies ; Ceylon. Exp. $ 22, 28 ; 

 9 28, 40 mm. 



4218a. Mesolia rectilineella, n. sp. 

 9 . Dark reddish-brown irrorated with fuscous. Forewing with the 

 apical area slightly produced ; fine black streaks below basal half of costa 

 and median nervure, the latter continued as a black and white streak 

 below vein 2 ; no trace of antemedial line ; a white spot with curved 

 black streak below it, and black point beyond it at upper angle of cell ; a 

 white subraarginal line curved below costa, then straight and oblique ; 

 a white-edged black subapical spot with similar speok below it ; fine 

 black streaks on extremities of median veins crossing a white line ; a 

 black line through base of cilia, which are whitish. Hindwing dark 

 fuscous ; cilia whitish with a fuscous line through them. 



Habitat. — Ajmere, Punjab. Exp. 16 mm. Type — In coll. Rothschild. 

 421 b?>. Mesolia margistrigella, n. sp. 



$. Forewing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle ; 7 absent ; the apical area slightly produced ; antennas serrate. 

 Head and thorax ochreous-brown ; antenna3 blackish ; abdomen grey, 

 Forewing pale ochreous-brown suffused with white and irrorated with 

 black scales, except on costal and marginal areas ; the black scales form- 

 ing a diffused patch below middle of cell, a spot on vein 2 and a streak 



