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CRAMBUS HAMELLUS. (Plate II., fig. 4.) 



Tinea hamellus Thunb., Diss. Ent., p. 97, Plate IY., fig. 3 (1794). 

 Tinea Ensigerella Hub., Tinea, Plate LTV., tig. 267 (1803). 

 Chilo Ensigerellus Zinck., Germ. Mag., Vol. II., p. 53 (1817). 

 Chilo ensigerellus Tr., Schm., Vol. IX., part 1, p. 79 (1832). 

 Crambus Ensigerellus Dup., Nat. Hist. Lep., Vol. X., p. 57, Plate 



CCLXXV. (1836). 



Crambus Hamellus H. S., Vol. IV., p. 53 (1849). 

 Crambus Hamellus Wood, Ind. Ent., p. 215, No. 491 (1854). 

 Crambus hamellus Staint., Man., Vol. II., p. 181 (1859). 

 Crambus hamellus Zell., Chil. et Cram., p. 17 (1863). 

 Crambus Hamellus Hein., Schm., Vol. I., p, 119 (1865). 

 Crambus hamellus Meyr., Handb. Br. Lep., p. 389 (1895). 



Expanse of wings, 20-23 mm. Palpi shining fuscous on 

 the outside ; head ashy brown ; thorax and fore wings brown- 

 ish cinereous ; a snow-white stripe from the base to a point a 

 little within the subterminal line, giving off a strong tooth 

 near the middle ; costal margin narrow at the base, widen- 

 ing outwardly, and where the white stripe begins to taper the 

 costal stripe is about as wide as the white stripe ; a very small 

 oval streak above the end of the white stripe, sometimes 

 reaching it. Subterminal line brown, bordered with white 



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on each side, at the costa, and edged outwardly with dark 

 lead-colored scales, extending down to a point beyond the 

 end of white stripe, where it forms an obtuse angle, and then 

 crosses the wing in a nearly straight line. Terminal space 

 dark brown with a white triangle reaching to the apex ; 

 beiow, ashy, with five elongate black spots. Terminal line 

 above, clark brown. Fringes metallic gray, white at base, 

 above. Hind wings pale fuscous ; fringes lighter. 



Habitat. Maine, Europe. Early stages and food plant 

 unknown. 



