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broad, costa regularly arched, apex not very acute ; colour 

 wainscot-brown, more or less dusted with black scales ; in some 

 specimens the wings are very much suffused ; two transverse 

 lines, the first starts from about the middle of the costa, curves 

 towards the hind margin for a short distance, then runs obliquely 

 across the wing towards the body, and meets the inner margin 

 at about one-third from the base ; the second commences on 

 the costa nearly midway between the first line and apex, curves 

 towards the hind margin near the upper part, forms an angle 

 pointing towards the thorax at about two-thirds across the wing, 

 and then curves towards the anal angle; a black streak crosses 

 the centre of the wing, longitudinally, from the thorax to the first 

 line, beyond which it is sometimes visible. Posterior wings pale 

 grey in colour ; in some specimens there are traces of a dark line 

 parallel to the hind margin" (Tutt). 



Introduced by Mr. Tutt, March, 1887. 



British Localities. — Preston ; Isle of Sheppey ; Higham 

 (Kent) ; Deal ; Sussex Coast. 



Note. — Although others appear to have been aware of it, 

 Mr. Tutt was the first to direct our attention to the fact that we 

 had two distinct species going under the name of contaminellus. 

 Unfortunately, in his first attempt to set the matter straight, 

 Mr. Tutt fell into error by re-naming Hubner's contaminellus. 

 Subsequently, however, he had the advantage of the valuable 

 opinions of Messrs. Tugwell and Fletcher, and, basing his con- 

 clusions on the information afforded him by those entomologists, 

 he sunk his cantiellus, and gave the name of salinellm to the 

 species previously confounded with contaminellus. 



Crambus myellus, Hiibn. (PI. IV. fig. 3.) 



BEIT. EEF. I — 



Crambus myellus, Saunders, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868 ; 

 Knaggs, Ent. Ann. 1869, p. 126, pi. i. fig. 3; Eagonot, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. xvii. p. 16; B. White, E. M. M., viii. 

 p. 70 ; Scott. Nat. i. p. 143 ; Entom. xvi. p. 213 ; Warring- 

 ton, E. M. M. viii. p. 113 ; Ellison, Entom. xviii. p. 245 ; 

 E. M. M. xxv. p. 431; Baker, E. M. M. xix. p. 241; 

 Doubl. List, Suppl. p. 2 ; South, Syn. List, p. 20 ; Leech, 

 Brit. Pyral. p. 79, pi. ix. fig. 2. 

 " Fore wing acute, yellow-brown, paler at the base and inner 

 margin. The pearly-white central streak is twice divided by 

 fuscous, the third part being linear. Cilia grey, with a few white 

 streaks. Centre of head and thorax white. Expanse 12-13 

 lines " (White). 



Introduced by Mr. Edward Saunders in 1868 at the December 

 meeting of the Entomological Society. 



British Localities. — Aberdeen; Glen Tilt; Braemar ; Ran- 

 noch. 



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