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Underside in both sexes light fuscous striated with rufous and brown ; a semi-circular 

 fuscous subapical patch and traces of a brown suffusion on discocellulars. Expanse : 

 ^15 mm.; $ 18 mm. 



This species appears to be allied to Siculodes minutula (SaalmtiUer, Lap. Madag., 

 p. 216), but is quite distinct. 



Aldabra, 2 ^, 4 ?. 



Pyralidse. 



138. Mucialla{?) rufivena (Walk.), Cat., xxx, p. 960. 



Aldabra; 1 $ in bad condition, probably this species. Ceylon, Borneo, New Guinea. 



139. Culladia admigratella (Walk.), Cat., xxvii, p. 192; Hamps., Moths Ind., iv, 

 p. 11. 



Seychelles: Mahe ; Silhouette, 16 specimens; Praslin (Valhalla). Africa, India, 

 Ceylon, Mauritius, Sumatra, Philippines. 



140. Cramhus seychellellus Fletcher, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, ZooL, xiii, 

 1910, p. 297. 



Seychelles; Mah^ ; Silhouette; 21 specimens, coast to 1500 ft. This species shows 

 little variation ; a medial fascia may be well marked or absent, while the intensity of 

 colouration varies slightly ; otherwise this series produces nothing to add to Fletcher's 

 description. 



141. Cramhus auronivellus, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 19, $.) 



$. Head and thorax white. Antennae simple, fuscous. Palpi rather short, second 

 joint porrect, third obliquely downturned ; both second and third joints white above, yellow 

 underneath. Legs white, tarsi yellowish. Fore wing glistening white, costa sometimes 

 tinged with yellow ; a yellow striga, sometimes obsolete, from costa at two-thirds to cell 

 a sub-marginal line oblique from costa to vein 5, then obtusely angulated and obsolescent 

 a second oblique striga, parallel to the sub-marginal line and nearer apex, reaching vein 5 

 apex either filled in by a small triangular yellow patch or crossed by a third parallel oblique 

 striga ; on outer margin between veins 2 and 3 is a short black wedge-shaped dash 

 internally edged with yellow and extending on to cilia as a dark aeneous patch ; cilia 

 white, with a golden metallic reflection distally ; striae and sub-marginal line also with 

 a metallic lustre. Hind wing shining white. Expanse 13 — 16 mm. 



Seychelles : Mahe ; Silhouette ; low country to highest jungle, 7 $. 



142. Cramhus ?sp. "? 



Two ^ of a species of crambite almost certainly new were obtained on Aldabra, but, 

 as their condition is poor and I have hopes of better material from the locality, I consider 

 it inadvisable to name the species. For convenience of those working on species of the 

 Madagascar region the following particulars may be given : — palpi with second joint porrect, 

 third obliquely down-turned ; antennae minutely ciliated. Fore wing very light ochreous 

 or cream-coloured ; a brown discal dot ; a uniformly curved sub-marginal line ; margin 

 narrowly brown ; cilia concolorous with ground-colour of wing. Hind wing white with 

 a slight fuscous tinge. Expanse 16 mm. 



