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BRITISH MOTHS 



hind wings dull ashy ; those of the female hoavy, with two blangulated transverse whitish lines ; hind wings 



ashy-brown. Taken in Kent and Devonshire in July. 



' Synonymes Tinea auriferella, Hiibner, &c. ; Stephens's Cat. (male). 



Tinea barbella, Hubner, &c. (female). 



Species 36. — Crambus pygmjsus — (Haworth ; Stephens; "Wood, fig. 1503; and our Plate CXVI., Figs. 

 36 and 37) — Expands 5^r lines ; fore wings subretuse, whitish, or oohreous-white, with three angulated brown 

 transverse streaks towards the extremity, edged with whitish on the inner margin ; apical margin with three 

 or four small black dots behind ; hind wings ashy-brown. Taken in the Isle of Wight, in July. 



Species 37- — Crambus radiellus — (Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 109 : Wood, fig. 1504 ; and our Plate CXVI., 

 Fig. 38) — Expands 9 to lOs lines ; fore wings dull red-ochreous, darkest towards the base, and with a silvery- 

 white line in the centre, dilated towards its apex near the apical margin, where it is obliquely truncate, and is 

 radiated or angulated on the internal edge ; hind wings very pale yellow, and irrorated with brov^n. Common 

 on mountains in the north of England, in July. 



Species 38. — Crambus margaritellus — (Fabricius, &c. ; Stephens, 111., pi. 40, fig. 3; Wood, fig. 1505; 

 and our Plate CXVI., 'Fig. 39)^ — Expands 9 to 11 lines ; fore wings with the costa broadly deep chesnut-brown, 

 the inner margin pale orange, with a central, longitudinal, silvery-white stripe, much dilated beyond the middle 

 of the wing, with its tip acute ; hind wings dull brown, with pale ochreous fringe. Near Birmingham, in June. 



Species 39. — Crambus Dumetellus — (Hubner; Stephens, &c.; Wood, fig. 1493) — Expands 9 to 10 

 lines ; fore wings subemarginate, dull tawny ; with the base of the costa, a longitudinal central fascia, bearing 

 a small tooth within, and three spots towards the extremity of the wing ; all silvery ; also with a subapical 

 angulated and geminated rusty striga ; hind wings ashy. New Forest, June. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXVII. 



Insects Fig. 1. Cliilo foificellus (the aquatic veneer). 



Fig. 2. Chilo fumeus (the smoky veneer). 

 Fig. 3. Chilo puuctigerellus (the dark wainscot veneer). 

 Fig. 4. Chilo phragmitellus (the wainscot veneer). 

 Fig. 5. Chilo gigantelliis (the gigantic veneer). 

 Fig. 6. Theristis Acinacidella (the narrow-winged veneer). 

 Fig. 7. Theristis nemorella (the pale hook-tip veneer). 

 Fig. 8. Harpipterjx dentella (the tootli-streaked hook-tip). 

 Fig. 9. Harpipter}x falcella (the dark hook-tip). 

 Fig. 10. Harpipteryx Scabrella (the wainscot hook-tip). 

 Fig. 11. Hypsolopha Asperella (the chequered hook-tip). 

 Fig. 12. Hypsolopha Antennella (the netted hook-tip). 

 Fig. 13. Hypsolopha Persicella (the double-barred). 



Insects. — Fig, 14. Chcetochilus costellus (the white-shouldered). 



„ Fig. 15. Chcetochilus fissellus (the broad-streak). 



„ Fig. 16. ChoBtochilus radi.itellus (the radiated), 



„ Fig. 17. ChtEtochilus Variellus (the variable autumn). 



,, Fig. 1 8. A variety. 



„ Fig. 19. Clicetochilus sylvellus (the wood, autumn). 



„ Fig. 20. Chcetochilus rufimitrellus (the red-headed autumn). 



„ Fig. 21. ChtEtochilus maurellus (the dingy autumn). 



„ Fig. 22. Chcetochilus vittcUus (the black-back). 



„ Fig. 23. Chcetochilus sequellus (the small marvel du jour). 



Plant. — Fig. 24. Silene Quinquevulnera (variegated catchfly). 

 Tile whole of the insects figured in this Plate, are from the cabinet 

 of Mr. Bentley. 



CHILO ZiNCKEN G. SOMMER. 



The insects of this genus differ from the Crambi in their larger size and in the much greater length of their 

 porrected labial palpi ; the antennaj are slightly hairy in the males, and simple in the females ; the spiral 

 tongue is very short ; the fore wings are generally broader in the males and truncated obliquely, whilst those of 

 the females are narrow, lanceolate, and slightly falcate at the tips : the caterpillars are naked, with the head and 

 thorax horny, and with sixteen feet, and the chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon, in reeds, &c. 



