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out of its fur. They presently returned to their shelter, but 

 Mr. Busck was able to secure several specimens. They were 

 supposed to be tineids, but on examination proved to be pyral- 

 ids, and Mr. Busck kindly turned them over to me. 



The species, for which I propose the name Cry ptoses choice pi, 

 new genus and species, does not fit well into any of the existing 

 subfamilies of the Pyralidae, although it does not contradict 

 the characters of the Chrysaugins. Referring to Sir George 

 Hampson's key to the subfamilies (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1898, p. 591), the hind wing does not show any pecten on the 



Fig. 9. — Cryptoses cholacpi: a, Head, front view; b, same, side view; c, fore leg; 

 d, wing venation. 



median nervure. The specimens are in very bad condition, 

 being almost completely denuded of scales, but I think it im- 

 possible that the pecten could have been removed if originally 

 present. The proboscis is present, though small ; the fore 

 wings have vein 7 stalked with 8 and 9. The next character 

 in the key is whether or not there are tufts of raised scales in 

 the cell. It is impossible to determine this from the specimens. 

 If tufts are present it would fall in the Epipaschiinse, from 

 which it is excluded by the absence of the maxillary palpi, 

 of which I can not discover any trace. If tufts are absent, it 

 would fall in the Chrysauginae, where, by the table, it would 

 come next to Acutia Ragonot, being separated from that genus 



