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100. C RAMBUS IM PERSON A TELLUS. 



Mas et foem. Stramineus ; palpi pilosi, capitis latitudine plus 

 duplo longiores ; alee anticce subacutee^ puncto discali punc- 

 tisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce pallidiores. 



Male and female. Straw-colour, paler beneath. Labial palpi 

 pilose, more tban twice longer than the breadth of the head. 

 Maxillary palpi about one-third of the length of the labial palpi. 

 Antennae stout, especially at the base. Fore wings moderately 

 broad, slightly acute, with darker veins and with very minute black 

 marginal points ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, moderately oblique ; discal point black. Hind wings paler. 

 Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



a — e. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 

 /, g. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



101. Ckamrus patulellus. 



Mas. Stramineus ; palpi capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores ; 

 antenna? breves, robustee ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans, 

 fasciculis parvis lateralibus ; alee anticee puncto discali punc- 

 tisque marginalibus nigris, lineis duabus exterioribus abbre- 

 viates nigricantibus, 2a. nigro punctata ; posticee pallidiores. 



Male. Straw-colour, paler beneath. Labial palpi nearly twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi more than 

 one-third of the length of the labial palpi. Antennas short, stout. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings, with small 

 lateral tufts. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings acute ; two 

 abbreviated diffuse blackish lines between the black discal point 

 and the black marginal points ; second line accompanied by elon- 

 gated black points ; costa and exterior border almost straight, the 

 latter moderately oblique. Hind wings paler, iridescent Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



102. Crambus? atkospaksellus. 



Fcem. Pallidissime stramineus ; caput albidum ; alee anticce 

 amplce, nigro conspersce, vix falcatce, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris. 



Female. Very pale straw-colour. Head whitish. Labial 

 palpi pale fawn-colour, shorter than the breadth of the head, white 



