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cell and the inner margin. The subterminal white transverse line 
is very sharply angulated outwards near the apex, whence it recedes 
in a wavy curved line to the inner margin; the central area is 
occupied by a patch of black scales edged externally with white, 
over which on the costa is another small blackish patch also, and 
in the cell is a small blackish dash over the < shaped white mark. 
The hind marginal area is dark grey, the posterior margin itself 
being edged with a fine metallic-greenish line. Fringes whitish, 
brown at extremities, and having a brown dividing line. Secon- 
daries greyish-white, slightly lustrous, with white fringes. Thorax 
greyish, abdomen paler grey. Exp. alar. 24 mm. 
The 9? isdarker with less marking, much less black scaling, and 
having the > shaped mark and the subterminal line only just traced 
out. Exp. alar. 22 mm. 
This species is not very near any Palearctic Crambus, and 
though | am acquainted with nearly all the species from 
our region, I cannot now place it in its correct position. 
Perhaps when I get more specimens (I have only one pair 
before me), I may be able to settle this point. 
95. Crambus.afra, sp.n. (PI. I., fig. 20.) 
Primaries pale fawn colour, the first very oblique and sharply 
dentate rich brown line rises beyond the centre of the costa and 
recedes sharply to a point about one third from the base on the 
inner margin, the subterminal line is the same rich reddish-brown 
colour, is sharply angulated outwards near the costa, and is broadly 
edged externally by the pale ground colour, the rest of the 
marginal area being dark mauvish-grey ; from the roots to the first 
line the whole of the median area is of a rich dark brown, broadly 
edged all round by the pale ground colour. Posterior margin 
darkly dotted. Fringes brownish-grey tesselated with fawn 
colour. Secondaries brownish-grey with whitish fringes, which 
have a fine dark dividing line. Thorax brown, patagiw fawn 
colour. Abdomen greyish. Exp. alar. 19 mm. 
This pretty species is nearest to Jucuindellus, H. 8, 
but is decidedly smaller, and can also be distinguished 
by the very dark and serrated lines, which are quite 
diferent in shape to those found in that species. 
96. Hromene ramburiella, Dup. 
One poor specimen. 
TRANS, ENT. SOC. LOND, 1894,—pParr I. (MARCH.) D 
