LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOOERA. 633 



much rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex ; third inferior 

 vein very remote from the second and not less remote from the 

 fourth. 



This genus is one of the links between the Leucanidce and the 

 Crambidce, and one of the proofs that the two families form one 

 natural group. 



Eldana saccharina. 



Fcem. Pallidissime cervina ; alee anticce fusco conspersce, punctis 

 duobus discalibus fuscis ; posticce subceneo-albce. 



Female. Very pale fawn-colour. Fore wings very miuutely 

 brown-speckled ; two brown puints in the disk, one before the 

 middle, the other beyond the middle. Hind wings white, with a 

 slight aeneous tinge. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. ("Bred from the sugar cane"). From Mr. Fox- 

 croft's collection. 



Genus CH^RECLA. 



Mas, Corpus laeve. Frons producta, acuta. Proboscis bre- 

 vissima, gracillima. Palpi graciles, porrecti, laeves, caput sat 

 superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae 

 validae, laeves. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus 

 apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, subfimbriati. Alae anticae longae, 

 latiusculae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore recto subobliquo. 



Male. Body smooth. Front prominent, acute. Proboscis 

 very short and slender. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; third joint lanceolate, less than half 

 the length of the second. Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs 

 smooth, slender ; femora and tibiae slightly fringed ; spurs slender, 

 moderately long. Wings long, rather broad. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border straight, slightly oblique ; first 

 and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third not remote 

 from the fourth, but nearer to the second. 



This genus seems to have still more affinity than Eldana to 

 the Crambidve. 



