Thus genus belongs to a family distinguished by having 2 di- 

 stinct pair of palpi, and which we have not before touched 

 upon. Cramhis is separated from Chilo (which it follows) by 

 its less lanceolate wings and shorter legs, and from Phycis by 

 its simple antennae and porrected palpi. With the economy 

 of this fine genus we are unacquainted ; the perfect insects fly 

 in the evening, and are remarkable for settling with their 

 heads downward, an attitude that probably assists them in 

 expanding their ample wings, which are so curiously convo- 

 luted round them, giving a cylindrical appearance to the in- 

 sect. Many individuals of this genus are amongst our com- 

 monest Lepidoptera; and when walking under our brightest 

 summer sun, through grass or fern, at every step our attention 

 is diverted by the flight of this pretty race. 



Mr. Haworth has described most of the species of our 

 genus (about 30 in number) in his Lepidoptera Britatinica, 

 under the name of Palparia. I shall therefore only enu- 

 merate the following rare species, which have been considered 

 as belonging to this group : but I must not omit to remark, 

 that, excepting the 2 first, it is not from my own observations. 



1. Crambus margaritaceus Fab. — Taken by Mr. Dale and 



myself, July 1825, in Perthshire. 



2. latistrius Haiio. — Taken in August by Mr. Dale 



in Dorsetshire and Hampshire. 



3. chrysonuchella Hilb. 



4. barbus i/a-w. 



5. auriferus Hilb. — Haw. 



6. aridellus Hiib. — Taken at Darent, Kent, by 



Mr. Stone. 



7. tetrix Haw. 



8. tentaculeus Hub. — Haw. — Taken at Coombe, 



Surrey. 



The species figured, which I believe to be a variety only of 

 T. radiella Hiib. (Mr. Dale's other specimens having ra- 

 diations), may be readily distinguished from C margaritaceus 

 (to which it is nearly allied), by its shorter palpi, the head not 

 being white, the thorax entirely ferruginous, the stripe on the 

 wings being narrower, more or less rayed, the inferior wings 

 very much paler, clouded with ochre; and the cilia of the su- 

 perior wings is white, and the underside very much darker. 



Mr. Dale was so fortunate as to capture 2 specimens of 

 C. radiellus on the summit of Ben Lawers, and 2 others near 

 the top of Craig-challoch near Killin, the middle of July. 

 The pretty Silene acaulis (Moss Catchfly or Campion), which 

 grew in large masses there, was in flower at the time. 



