454 Prof. Zeller’s Descriptions of 
CatamorropHa Hiericuuntica, n. sp. (PI. XXIII. fig. 1.) 
Palpis longis; alis anterioribus latissimis, acutis, lutescenti- 
griseis, vitté media costaque tenuissime venisque pallidis, 
puncto venz transverse nigro; posterioribus dilute cinereis, 
litura ante marginem medium obscuriore. ¢. 
Long. alar. ant. lin. 6. 
Palpi long. Anterior wings very broad, pointed, luteous-grey ; 
a central vitta, a very narrow costal streak and the veins pale; 
a black spot on the transverse vein.. Posterior wings pale grey, 
with a darker blotch before the middle of the hinder mar- 
gin. g. 
In its elongated palpi, and the pale-veined luteous-grey an- 
terior wings, this has a certain resemblance to Chilo phragmitel- 
lus; but it has not any ocelli, and the apex of the posterior wings 
does not project beyond the anal angle of the anterior wings. 
Two depressions, which indeed are little perceptible, before the 
middle of the hind margin of the posterior wings, also afford a 
peculiar character. 
Size of an average Ch. phragmitellus. Palpi as long as the 
head and thorax together. Tongue short. Anterior wings very 
broad, pointed, darker on the two sides of the pale central 
vitta which springs from the base and vanishes towards the hind 
margin; on the transverse vein is a black spot; all the longitu- 
dinal veins are thin and pale. Posterior wings pale grey, darker 
towards the apex; the above mentioned depressions lie on each 
side of the first branch of the median vein. 
From the plains of Jordan. 
Cramsus CassENTINIELLUs, Mann. 
Zell. Chil. et Cramb. Gen. p. 27; Entom. Zeitung, 1849, p. 312; 
H.-S. fig. 173, 174. 
These specimens from Palestine are of the size of those from 
Asia Minor. Two males from Mount Lebanon are even larger, 
and of so dark a colour that they may be regarded as a distinct 
variety, and described as follows :— ' 
Cassentiniellus (var.); large, the broad veins of the anterior 
wings, a nearly straight fascia in the middle, and a shade border- 
ing the inner side of the second transverse line, are dark golden- 
brown ; the posterior wings are dark grey. ¢. 
In this variety the first transverse line is transformed into a 
fascia, the upper part of which is curved inwardly ; the posterior 
