898 MJt. Q. p. HAMPSOK ON THE CLASSrPICATION [DeC. 17, 



The Schmnohiince have become differentiated from the Pyraus- 

 thice in the loss of the proboscis, the Crambince in the pectination 

 of the median nervure of the hind wing, whilst the long porrect 

 palpi and triangularly scaled maxillary palpi are highly character- 

 istic of nearly the whole of the genera of both subfamilies. 



The classification of the Sclicenohiince as a gi'oup is new ; their 

 habitat being principally in the Oriental and Neotropical regions, 

 with but few genera and species in the Palaearctic region. 



The Crambince, however, are found in almost equal numbers in 

 all the Zoological regions, and their classification, as here given, is 

 an extension of the excellent system adopted by Mr. Meyrick 

 in his paper on the PjTalidae of the European fauna. 



The types of alt the new species described are in the Collection 

 of the British Museum, and I have to thank Mr. "W. Schaus for 

 the generous gift of examples of all the species, from the Neotropical 

 region, of which he had more than one specimen in his collection, 

 for purposes of description in this paper. I have also to thank 

 Mr. Meyrick for the loan of many Australian and New Zealand 

 species which were not in the collection of the British Museum, 

 and Mr. Bethune-Baker for the loan of many Palaearctic species. 

 I have included the well-known European species without references 

 and synonymy, which can easily be found in Staudinger's catalogue 

 and other works, but full references are given to extra-Palaearctic 

 species. Species of which I have examined specimens, but which 

 are not represented in the British Museum collection, are marked 

 with an asterisk ; species of which I have not been able to see 

 specimens and of which the classification is uncertain are placed at 

 the end of each genus ; and described species of which the types are 

 in the Museum are marked thus (f) ; whilst at the end of the paper 

 will be found a list giving the families to which species wrongly 

 described as Crambince should be referred. 



Subfamily SCHCENOBIIN^. 



Proboscis absent or very minute ; palpi usually porrect, the 

 maxillary palpi being usually well developed and dilated with 

 scales at extremity. Fore wing with vein 7 usually from cell. 

 Hind wing with the median nervure not pectinated on upperside ; 

 vein 7 usually anastomosing with 8. 



The larvae of the species of which the early stages are known 

 feed in the interior of reeds or on aquatic plants. 



The absence of the proboscis, combined with the non-pectination 

 of the median nervure of the hind wing, will distinguish the 

 genera of this subfamily from all other Pyralidse, except Aglossa, 

 Crocalia, and a few other genera of the Pyralinae, from which 

 those forms that have vein 7 of the fore wing stalked with 8, 9 

 are easily distinguished by vein 7 of the hind wings anastomosing 

 with 8. 



