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"Egg. Creamy white when first laid, gradually turning 

 to an orange-rufous color before hatching. Form, elliptical 

 oval ; size, .51 mm. by .36 mm. The egg-shell has sixteen 

 longitudinal ridges and numerous small transverse ridges. 



"Larva, First Stage. Head diameter, .18 mm.; body 

 diameter, .15 mm. ; length, 1.1 mm. Head pale yellowish, 

 with a sprinkling of sooty specks ; body a rather sooty, 

 semi-transparent white, with irregular rufous blotches along 

 the dorsum ; scattered dark-colored hairs occur on the head 

 and body." (Felt.) 



CRAMBUS HEMIOCHRELLUS. (Plate II., fig. 13.) 

 Crambus hemiochrellus Zell., Ex. Mic., p. 49 (1877). 



Expanse of wings, 22 mm. Head and thorax pale ochre- 

 yellow ; palpi thickly sprinkled with gray atoms. Fore 

 wings bright ochreous yellow between the white median vein 

 and hind margin, with dusty stripes, and usually a clear 

 yellow stripe along the fold. Costal portion of the wing 

 yellowish gray, darker towards the base. Median line fine, 

 rust brown, forming an acute angle at the end of the cell, 

 and extending in a nearly straight line to the middle of the 

 hind margin. Subterminal line fine, dark brown, dentate 

 on the veins and parallel with the outer margin except at the 

 costal end, where it curves sharply inward and terminates at 

 the outer fourth of the costa. Terminal space dusty gray. 

 Terminal line rather indistinct, upon which, in some speci- 

 mens, may be seen seven very fine dark-gray dots. Fringes 

 light gray. Hind wings light gray ; fringes lighter. 



Habitat. Texas. Early stages and food plant un- 

 known. 



CRAMBUS UNDATUS. (Plate III., fig. 12.) 

 Crambus undatus Grote, Can. Ent., Vol. XIII., fig. 35 (1881). 



Expanse of wings, 21 mm. Palpi, head and thorax cin- 

 ereous or pale grayish, dusted with fuscous. Fore wings 

 narrow, acute, whitish gray, sprinkled with fuscous scales, 

 especially on the basal and costal portions ; two distinct, 

 jagged, fuscous brown lines, strongly angulated above the 



