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CRAMBUS AGITATELLUS. (Plate I., fig. 10.) 



Crambus agitatellus Clem., Pr. Ph. Ac. Sci., p. 203 (1860). 

 Crambus saltuellus Zell., Chil. et Craui., p. 22 (1863). 

 Crambus agitatellus Felt, Grass-eating Ins., p. 88 (1894). 



Expanse of wings, 21 mm. Head and thorax pale lute- 

 ous ; labial palpi somewhat fuscous, white beneath. Fore 

 wings ochreous, streaked with orange ; a broad silvery-white 

 streak, through which runs a longitudinal yellow stripe ; a 

 white patch between the silvery stripe and the subterminal 

 line, another on the costa above it, one on the costa of the 

 apex and another on the outer margin just below the brown 

 apex. A whitish or yellow streak with five venular dots in 

 the terminal space. Subterminal line very oblique in its 

 first third from the costa, then straight to the hind mar- 

 gin. Broken fuscous lines specked with silvery scales along 

 the veins above and beneath the middle of the silvery stripe. 

 Fringes metallic, whitish at base of apex. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous ; fringes whitish. 



Habitat. Ontario, Maine, Massachusetts, New York,. 

 Illinois, Texas. Early stages and food plant unknown. 



CRAMBUS MULTILINEELLUS. (Plate I., fig. 12.) 

 Crambus multiUneellus Fern., Ent. Am., Vol. III., p. 37 (1887), 



Expanse of wings, 26 mm. Palpi, head and thorax dull 

 ochre-yellow. Fore wings bright ochre-yellow ; a white 

 stripe, extending nearly to the apex, leaving the extreme 

 edge of the costa fuscous ; a median white stripe from the 

 base of the wing along the lower part of the cell, out as far 

 as the subterminal line, the outer portion separated by an 

 oblique yellow band. This band, between the two white 

 stripes, edged on each side with a fine line of black and 

 metallic lead-colored scales ; similar lines along the inter- 

 venular spaces. All the lines terminate just before the sub- 

 terminal line. Three or four oblique yellow lines, edged 

 outwardly with white, cross the outer part of the costal 



