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lower end ; middle median close to end of cell, lower at one-third ; submedian and 

 internal veins straight. Body slender ; labial palpi long, porrect, second joint 

 slightly pilose above, third joint long and pointed; maxillary palpi short, 

 ascending ; antenna3 short, thick, pubescent in front ; legs slender, long, spurs long, 

 unequal. 



PANALIPA IMMERITALIS. 



Dosnra immeritalis, Walker, Catal. Lop. Ilet. B. M. xix. p. 830 (1859). 

 Ai-axes dccursella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvii. p. 194 (1863). 



Forewing yellowish-ochreous, without any markings : hindwing ochreous-white. 

 Body, head, palpi, and legs yellowish-ochreous ; forelegs brownish above. 

 Expanse \ inch. 



Genus SCIRPOPHAGA. 



Scirpophaga, Treitschke, Eur. Schmett. ix. p. 55(1832); Zeller, Isis, 1839, p. 170; id. Monogr. 

 Chile, at Cramb. p. 1 (1863). 



Male. Forewing very long, lanceolate ; cell long, more than two-thirds the 

 length ; first subcostal at one-third before end of the cell, straight, second and third 

 near the end, approximate, third bifid, fifth from the end ; discocellular bent near 

 the ends and acutely inward in the middle ; the middle median at one-ninth before 

 end of cell, lower at one-third ; submedian straight : hindwing narrow, exterior 

 margin very oblique, convex ; cell more than half the length ; first subcostal emitted 

 before end of the cell and slightly touching the costal near its end, second from end 

 of cell ; discocellular bent obliquely inward before the middle, radial from slight 

 angle near lower end ; middle median at one-seventh, lower at nearly half ; a sub- 

 median and two internal veins. Body long, abdomen extending half beyond hind- 

 wings ; anal tuft prominent in female ; thorax laxly clothed ; antennge biciliated, 

 the lashes rather long; labial palpi rather decumbent, pointed at the tip, laxly 

 clothed ; maxillary palpi distinct, dilated with lax scales at the tip ; legs long, spurs 

 unequal. Female. Wings longer ; apex of forewings more acute ; palpi shorter ; 

 antennae setaceous ; abdomen with a broad anal tuft. 



Tijpe, S. prtelata. 



SCIRPOPHAGA AURIFLUA. 



Scirpophaga aurifua, Zeller, Monogr. Chilo. et Cramb. p. 2 (1863). 

 Silky -white. Wings without any markings. Body white ; abdomen with broad 

 cinereous-grey bands above and beneath, anal tuft luteous ; palpi and forelegs with 

 cinereous-grey bands. 

 Expanse Ito inch. 



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