of the PyraUdina of the European fauna. 481 



Whether any species outside the European fauna are 

 justly referable here is perhaps as yet not clearly ascer- 

 tained. 



alpinella, Hb. 

 carectella, Z. 

 *pallidella, Dup. 

 Hugdunclla, Mill. 

 cerussella, Schiff. 



70. Crambus, F. 



Face rounded, sometimes more or less prominent or forming a 

 pointed horny cone ; ocelli exposed, distinct ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae two-thirds, in ^ dentate or filiform, ciliated (^ — 1) or 

 rarely shortly bipectinated. Labial palpi very long, porrected, 

 clothed with loose rough scales, attenuated forwards. Maxillary 

 palpi moderately long, triangularly dilated with scales towards 

 apex. Abdomen in <? with moderate anal tuft. Posterior tibiae 

 with outer spurs one-half to two-thirds of inner. Fore wings with 

 veins 4 and 5 separate, fi-om a point, or stalked, 7 and 8 out of 9, 

 or 8 sometimes absent (coincident), 10 approximated to 9 towards 

 base or sometimes out of 9 near base, 11 rather bent, sometimes 

 connected with 12 at a point. Hind wings about lA ; veins 4 and 

 5 from a point or stalked, 7 out of G near origin, anastomosing with 

 8 to about middle, or rarely shortly only. 



Probably the largest genus of the whole group, being 

 plentifully represented in all regions except Australia, 

 where there are no indigenous species, and the Indo- 

 Malayan region, where there are comparatively few. Al- 

 though showing considerable variation in structure, it will 

 certainly not admit of subdivision. In the frontal structure 

 every transitional form occurs, and it is impossible to 

 draw a line ; transitional forms between the dentate and 

 pectinated antenuEe are also found, as in Talis ; and the 

 various differences in neural structure are all found in 

 different specimens of the same species. 



candiellus, H.-S. pascuelliis, L. 



malacellus, Dup. ; /wjja- cricellus, Hb. 

 liscus, 7i. ; concinnellus, silvelluSy Hb. 

 "Walk. splejididellus, Christ. 



argyrophorus, Butl. dumetellus, Hb. 



hamellus, Thnb. *nemorellus, Hb. 



argentarius, Stgr. palustrelliis, Eag. 



uliginosellus, Z. (? = pra3C.) 



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