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Species 1. — Prionapteryx nebulifera — (Stephens; Wood, fig. 1484, and our Plate CXV., Fig. 42) — 

 Expands 91 lines; fore wings white, costa pale brown, except at the tip : towards the base of the inner margin 

 is an ovate blackish-brown spot, and in the middle a larger irregular one, divided by an indented white streak, 

 another indented white streak near the extremity of the costa ; hind wings whitish. A single specimen, of un- 

 known locality, in Mr. Stephens's cabinet. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXVI. 



Insects.— Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 

 Fig. 3, 

 Fig. 4, 

 Fig. 5, 

 Fig. 6 

 Fig. 7, 

 Fig. 8. 

 Fig. 9. 

 Fig. 10, 

 Fig. 11. 

 Fig. 12. 

 Fig. 13. 

 Fig. 14. 

 Fig. lo, 

 Fig. 16. 

 Fig. 17. 

 Fig. 18, 

 Fig. 19, 

 Fig. 20. 



Crambus Lythaigyrellus (the dark streaked satio 



veneer). 

 Crambus Argyreus (the streaked satin veneer). 

 Crambus Arbustorum (the yellow satin veneer). 

 Crambus Argentellus (tlie white satin veneer). 

 Crambus dealbellus (the ivory veneer). 

 Crambus tentaculellus (the Portland veneer). 

 Crambus hamellus (the pearl streak veneer), 

 Crambus pascuellus (the inlaid veneer). 

 Crambus scoticus. 



Crambus ericellus (the heath veneer). 

 Crambus pratellus (the dark inlaid veneer), 

 Crambus angustellus (the narrow winged veneer). 

 Crambus hortuellus (the garden veneer). 

 Crambus cespitellus (the straw coloured veneer). 

 Crambus montanellus (the dark mountain veneer). 

 Crambus marginellus (the bordered veneer). 

 Crambus Latistrius (the broad streaked veneer). 

 Crambus pinetellus (the pearl veneer). 

 Crambus Chrysonuchellus (the powdered veneer). 

 Crambus rorellus (the chalk-hill veneer). 



Insects. — Fig. 21. Crambus falsellus (the chequered veneer). 



Fig. 22. Crambus luteellus (the barred veneer). 



Fig. 23. Crambus tristis (the dingy veneer). 



Fig. 24. Crambus inquinatellus (the elbow striped veneer). 



Fig. 25. Crambus aridellus (the chalk veneer). 



Fig. 26. Crambus selasellus (the dark-edged veneer). 



Fig. 27. Crambus Obtusellus (the blunt winged veneer). 



Fig. 28. Crambus petrificellus (the common veneer). 



Fig. 29. Crambus aquilellus (the dusky yellow veneer). 



Fig. 30. Crambus paleellus (the large yellow veneer.) 



Fig. 31. Crambus culmorum (the brown-edged veneer). 



Fig. 32. Crambus fuscelinellus (the brown veneer). 



Fig. 33. Crambus nigristriellus (the black streaked veneer). 



Fig. 34. Crambus culmellus (the small straw-coloured). 



Fig. 35. Crambus cerusellus (the dark dwarf veneer). 



Fig. 36. Crambus pygmaeus. 37. A dark variety (the 

 pygmy veneer). 



Fig. 38. Crambus radiellas (the streaked mountain veneer.) 



Fig. 39. Crambusmargaritellus (the pearl-streaked veneer). 

 The whole of the Insects on this Plate are from specimens in 

 the ricli cabinet of Mr, Bentley. 



CRAMBUS, Fabricius. 

 This very extensive genus has the fore wings narrow, obliquely truncated at the extremity, and very much 

 convoluted during repose, (whence the name of Close-moths given to these insects,) the fore palpi are distinct, 

 the maxillary exserted, and the labial very long, beak-like, and slender, porrected in front of the head, with the 

 third joint long and attenuated ; the antennae all alike in both sexes, and the body is rather short, obtuse, and 

 slightly tufted at the tip in the males. The fore wings are often adorned with metallic, pearly, or pale radiating 

 marks on a yellowish ground, or are more or less silvery. They abound in grassy places. 



Species 1. — Crambus lythargyrellus — (Hiibner, kc; Wood, fig. 1485; and our Plate CXVI., Fig. 1) 

 — Expands 9 to 12 lines ; fore wings glossy white, with lurid, longitudinal streaks, varying very greatly in 

 extent, being sometimes suffused nearly over the wing, and in others very faint ; apical margin with a row of 

 blackish dots ; hind wings pale lurid. New Forest, Devonshire, Kent, &c., in July and August. 



Species 2. — Crambus argyreus — (Fabricius, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1486 ; and our Plate CXVI., Fig. 2) — 

 Expands 11 to 13 lines; fore wings pearl-coloured, immaculate, and silky, with longitudinal, tarnished, silvery 

 streaks ; the veins edged behind with brownish : hind wings livid white. Chalky places, Kent, Surrey, &c., in 

 July and August. 



Species 3. — Crambus Arbustorum — (Fabricius, &c.; Wood, fig. 1487 ; and our Plate CXVI., Fig. 3) 

 — Expands 11 to 13 lines; fore wings immaculate, silky, with a tarnished silvery gloss ; hind wings brown, 

 with white fringe. Near London, Dover, New Forest, &c., in July and August. 



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