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Texas. Hiibner, in his * ' Yerzeichniss bekannter Schmetter- 

 linge," did not adopt the generic name Crambus, but placed 

 the species of the Crambidce under several genera, as fol- 

 lows : Argyroteuchia, with ten species ; Eucarphia, with 

 radiellus,fulgidellus and vinetella under it. (The first two 

 belong to the genus Crambus, but the last belongs to the 

 Phycitince, and has been left as the type of Eucarphia.) 

 Catoptria, with six species; Agriphila, with five species; 

 Pediasia, with seven species ; Topeutis, with ten species ; 

 Eromene, with one species, bella; Chrysoteuchia, with two 

 species; Thisanotia, with three species; and Exoria, with 

 three species. This part of Htibner's " Verzeichniss " was 

 published not earlier than 1822. In 1825, Curtis, in his 

 " British Entomology," Vol. III., p. 109, adopted pascuel- 

 lus L. as the type of the genus Crambus. I am not aware 

 that any one, previous to this time, specified any one of 

 the species as the type, and therefore, in accordance with 

 the rules of zoological nomenclature, this species may be 

 regarded as such. 



Stephens, in his " Illustrations of British Entomology, 

 Haustellata," Vol. IV., p. 317, 1834, adopted the generic 

 name Cr 'ambus , with thirty-eight species, but placed it in 

 his family Tineidse. In 1836, Duponchel published the 

 tenth volume of "Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres," in 

 which he adopted the genus Chilo, with phragmitellus under 

 it, and Crambus, with many species that properly belong 

 there, and some others that have since been placed elsewhere. 

 In 1840, Zetterstedt, in his " Insecta Lapponica," adopted 

 the genus Chilo for the species now usually placed in the 

 Crambidce, and placed it in his family Tinearice, thus fol- 

 lowing the plan of Zincken. 



In Vol. IX. , part II. , of " Die Schmetterlinge von Europa," 

 published in 1832, Treitschke adopted the genus Chilo, and 

 placed gigantellus Fab., with forty-three other species, under 

 it. In 1849, Herrich-Schaffer published' the fourth volume 

 of his " Schmetterlinge von Europa," in which he established 

 the group Crambides, in which he placed all the Pyralids, 

 including the genera Chilo, Crambus and Ancylolomia. 



In 1858, Christoph, in the " Stett. Ent. Zeit,," Vol. XIX., 

 p. 313, described two species of Crambus from Labrador. 



