LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1753 



Male. Brownish cinereous, cinereous beneath. Palpi a little 

 longer than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, nearly 

 as long as the second. Maxillary palpi less than half the length of 

 the labial palpi. Antenna? smooth. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft slightly compressed. Fore 

 wings black-speckled ; an irregular whitish stripe proceeding in the 

 disk from the base to a blackish zigzag middle band ; a blackish 

 irregular submarginal band. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 

 body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



Crambus acutellus. 



Foem. Pallide ochraceus ; palpi robusti, squamosi, capitis lati- 

 tudine breviores, subtus basi fimbriati, articulo 3o lanceolato ; 

 alee latce, fimbria albida ochraeeo interlineata ; antica? acutce ; 

 postica pallidissime ochracece. 



Female. Pale ochraceous, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 stout, squamous, shorter than the breadth of the head, white beneath 

 where they are fringed towards the base ; third joint lanceolate, 

 about half the length of the second. Maxillary palpi very short. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 broa^d ; fringe whitish, interlined with ochraceous near the base. 

 Fore wings acute; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings very pale ochraceous. Length of the body b\ lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



Crambus profanellus. 



Mas. Subochraceus ; palpi fusco vittati, capitis latitudine multo 

 longiores ; antennae robusta, subpubescentes ; alee anticce nigro 

 subconspersce, vitta media abbreviata alba, puncto postmedio 

 nigro, linea exteriore angulata lineaque submarginali recta 

 cervinis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerea. 



Male. Dull ochraceous, cinereous beneath. Palpi brown on 

 the outer side, very much longer than the breadth of the head. 

 Antennae stout, minutely pubescent. Fore wings acute, with a few 

 black speckles and with a white stripe, which extends in the disk 

 from the base to two-thirds of the length, where there is a black 

 point, the latter connected with an outward-angular fawn-coloured 



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