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middle of the wing, the median quite irregular below the 

 cell. A fine dark terminal line. Fringes pale, with metallic 

 lustre. Hind wings pale grayish. 



Habitat. California. Early stages and food plant un- 

 known. 



CBAMBUS TRISECTUS. (Plate III., fig. 11.) 



Carvanca trisecta Walk., Lep. Het., Vol. IX., p. 119 (1856). 

 Crambus exsiccatus Zell., Chil. et Cram., p. 37 (1863). 

 Crambus interminellus Walk., Lep. Het., Vol. XXVII., 



p. 156 (1863). 



Crambus biliturellus Zell., Lep. Westk. Am., p. 7 (1874). 

 Crambus exsiccatus Grote, Can. Ent , Vol. XII., p. 78 (1880). 

 Crambus exsiccatus Lintn , Rep. Ins. N. Y., Vol. I., pp. 149- 



151 (1882). 



Crambus exsiccatus Osborn, Dept. Agr.,pp. 154-160 (1887). 

 Crambus exsiccatus Osborn, Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr., No. 30, 



p. 44 (1893). 

 Crambus exsiccatus Osborn, Ins. Life, Vol. VI., pp. 72, 78 



(1893). 

 Crambus interminellus Felt, Grass-eating Ins., pp. 62, 83 



(1894). 



Expanse of wings, 23-32 mm. Palpi whitish, mixed with 

 fuscous scales on the outside; head whitish; thorax very 

 light ochreous. Fore wings very pale ochreous, lighter 

 below the fold and on the outer part ; surface sprinkled 

 with dark brown ; interspaces beyond the cell marked with 

 whitish lines ; a dark-brown spot near the base of vein 2, 

 and a short, dark-brown, oblique, dentate line about half 

 way between this and the end of the wing. Terminal line 

 represented by three or four dark-brown dots. Fringes 

 steel gray, cut by four or five white lines. Hind wings pale 

 grayish white, lighter towards the base ; fringes whitish. 



Habitat. Nova Scotia, Ontario, Maine, New Hamp- 

 shire, Massachusetts, New York, District of Columbia, 

 Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Vancouver 

 Island. Food, grass. 



" Egg. A cream-yellow color when first laid, gradually 

 turning to an orange-buff color before hatching. Form 

 nearly elliptical ; size, .48 by .33 mm. The egg-shell has 

 sixteen strong longitudinal ridges and numerous smaller 

 transverse ridges. 



