126 aectiad.t:. 



*243. Parablavia pallida. (Plate XXI. fig. 12.) 

 Belphyre pallida, Miiscbl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 118 (1890). 



$ . Ilffid, thorax, and abdomen white and very pale rufous 

 hrown. Foro Aving very palo rufous brown, with diffused white 

 costal fascia. Hiud wing white, the apical area tinged with 

 brown. 



Hal. Porto Kjco, typef $ in Coll. Staudinger. £'.);2^. 18 millim. 



Genus CRAMBIDIA. 



Ivpe. 



Cnnnbidia, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbilad. iii. p. 99 (1864) pdllidu. 



Proboscis aborted, iiiimite ; palpi porrect, not reaching as far as frous ; 

 nnleimw of male with bristles and cilia; tibiie with ibe spurs moderate; 

 abdomen clothed wiib rough hair. Fore wing rather nai-row, the costa 

 arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 absent; 

 (j from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free, or 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 with 8 to form the areole; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from well before angle of cell ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; (j, 7 stalked ; 

 a from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing without areole. 



A. Colour grey -brown '. pallida. 



B. Colour slate-grej' 



a. Fore wing with yellowish costal fascia litJwsioides. 



b. Fore wing without costal fascia uniformis. 



244. Crambidia pallida 



Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbilad. i 

 Am. p. 165, pi. 7. f. 16 ; Kirl 



J . Uniform grey-brown ; bind wing rather paler. 



Crambidia pallida. Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbilad. iii. p. 99 (1864) ; Stretch, 

 Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 165, pi. 7- f. 16 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 338. 



Fig. 72. — Crambidia pallida, S- ?• 



Hah. U.S.A., N. Atlantic States, 1 6, 2eU. CoU. Exp. 28 

 itillim. 



*245. Crambidia litliosioides. (Plate XXI. fig. 23.) 



Crambidia lithosioidcs, Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 33 (1898). 



2 . Dark slate-grey ; guhc yellowish ; tegula; yellow in front. 

 Fore wing with very narrow pale yellow streak on costa from base 

 to near apex. Hind wing paler towards base. 



Huh. U.S.A., Texas {Belfra</c), type $ in U.S. Xat. Mus. Exp. 

 21 millira. This species is unknown to me : figured from a drawing 

 from type. 



