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Fam. Phyctd^. — Gen. Nephopteryx, Hubn. 



56. Nephopteryx f spurcata. Female. — Mouse-colour, 

 cinereous beneath. Head white. Palpi white, porrect, 

 speckled with black, extending rather beyond the head ; 

 second joint with a black band at the base ; third lanceolate, 

 mostly black, more than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae and legs smooth. Abdomen cinereous, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rather narrow, 

 with two black points in a line in the disk. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous, semihyaline ; marginal line brown. Length of 

 the body 4j lines; expansion of the fore wings 10 lines. 

 Harkeko. 



57. Nephopteryx ? priscella. Male. — Hoary, slender, 

 whitish beneath. Palpi smooth, obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex ; third joint conical, not more 

 than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, 

 smooth. Abdomen gilded cinereous, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs slender, 

 smooth. Fore wings narrow, slightly acute, exterior border 

 rounded, very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 

 body 4|- lines; expansion of the fore wings 11 lines. Cairo. 



Fam. Crambid^e. — Gen. Crambus, Fahr. 



58. Crambus perspicuus. Male. — Cinereous, slender, 

 white beneath. Head, thorax and fore wings gilded. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, extending rather beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, acute, not more than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae and legs smooth, slender. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 elongate. Fore wings with a row of deep black dots extend- 

 ing along the hinder part of the exterior border, and bordered 

 on the inner side by a whitish line. Hind wings semihyaline; 

 fringe white. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 

 10 — 12 lines. Hor Tamanib. Cairo. Mount Sinai. 



Gen. Jartheza, Walk. 



59. Jartheza chrysographella. Crambus chrysographellus, 

 Kollar. Hor Tamanib. Inhabits S. Africa, Hindostan, 

 Ceylon, and China. 



Tribe Tineites. 

 The specimens of the few species of this tribe are too» 

 much injured for description. 



Francis Walker. 



