LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 161 



Male. Cinereous. Wings clingy beneath. Labial palpi pu- 

 bescent, not longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint a 

 little shorter than the second. Wings comparatively broad and 

 short. Fore wings acute, tinged with ochraceous, thinly and irre- 

 gularly black-speckled, with a slight silvery white suhcostal stripe, 

 which extends to two-thirds of the length ; submarginal line silvery 

 white, slightly undulating, bordered with black speckles on the 

 inner side; marginal points black; costa and exterior border 

 slightly convex, the latter slightly oblique. Hind wiugs cinereous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



96. Crambus leucaniellus. 



Fcem. Pallide lestaceus ; caput et abdomen alba; palpi pilosi, 

 capitis latiludine multo longiores ; pedes sat robusti ; alee 

 anticee inter venas pallidiores, puncto discali punctisque mar- 

 ginalibus nigris, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Head, abdomen, hind wings and 

 under side white. Palpi pilose, very much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint hardly one-third of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen extending father beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather stout. Fore win^s acute, moderately broad, paler between 

 the veins ; discal point and marginal points black ; costa and exte- 

 rior border almost straight, the latter slightly oblique. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



97. Crambus serriradiellus. 



Fuscus ; caput, thoracis discus anticus et abdomen alba ; palpi 

 labiales capitis latitudine breviores ; alee antica vitta nivea 

 extus serrata, spatio apud marginem interiorem diffuse albo, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; postica albce, apud marginem 

 exteriorem subfuscescentes. 



Brown. Head, fore disk of the thorax, abdomen, hind wings 

 and under side white. Labial palpi shorter than the breadth of the 

 head. Maxillary palpi nearly as long as the labial palpi. Fore 

 wings acute, with a well-defined pure white stripe, which is some- 

 what serrated exteriorly and extends to the tips ; space along the 

 interior border dirJusedly white ; marginal points black ; costa and 

 exterior border almost straight, the latter slightly oblique. Hind 



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