1756 CATALOGUE OF 



Crambus abbreviatellus. 



Mas. Albido-cinereus ; palpi graciles, pilosi, capitis latitudine 

 multo longiores, articulo 2o supra fasciculate. So lanceolate ; 

 antenna? robustce, glabra? ; alee antica fusco eonspersa, apice 

 rectangulata?, vitta costali abbreviata pallide ochracea, punctis 

 tribus marginalibus nigris ; postica ceneo-cinerea, fimbria 

 alba. 



Male. Whitish cinereous. Palpi slender, pilose, very much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint tufted above; 

 third lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 stout, smooth. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft elongate. Fore wings rectangular at the tip^, irregularly 

 brown-speckled; a pale ochraceous costal stripe extending from the 

 base to beyond the middle; three black points along 1 the hind part 

 of the exterior border, which is slightly convex and oblique. Hind 

 wings with a slight aeneous tinge and with a white fringe. Length 

 of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Crambus aurifusellus. 



Mas. Aurato-ochraceus ; palpi graciles, capitis latitudine multo 

 longiores, articulo 3o cervino lanceolato 2o dimidio breviore ; 

 antenna; subsetulosa ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans, 

 fasciculo apicali quadrate ; alee antica vix acutcp, costa 

 rufescente, puncto medio nigro, strigis exterioribus pallide 

 rufis ; posticce pallide aurato-cinerece. 



Male. Gilded ochraceous. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi 

 slender, very much longer than the breadth of the head; third joiut 

 fawn-coloured, lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae very minutely setulose. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft quadrate. Fore wings hardly 

 acute ; costa dull reddish, except near the base ; a black point in 

 the disk; veins between the point and the exterior border accom- 

 panied by pale red streaks; exterior border convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings pale gilded cinereous. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



