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wings acute, thinly and minutely black-speckled, with a diffuse 

 brownish stripe near the interior border ; exterior border straight, 

 slightly oblique ; fringe interlined. Hind wings whitish. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



106. Crambus concinellus. 



Mas et fcem. Albus ; palpi extus fusci ; thoracis latera fusca; 

 alee anticce fuscce, subfalcaice, vittis duabus argenteis, la nigro 

 marginata, strigis quatuor costalibus obliquis argenteis, strigis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce semihyalina, linea marginali 

 fuscescente. 



Male and female. White. Labial palpi brown on each side, 

 very much longer than the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi 

 about one-fourth of the length of the labial palpi. Antennae of the 

 male robust. Thorax brown on each side. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings brown, acute, sub* 

 falcate, with two silvery white stripes ; first stripe black-bordered, 

 receding from the costa exteriorly, where it is connected with four 

 oblique costal silvery streaks ; fourth streak curved ; second stripe 

 along the interior border; space along the exterior border cinereous- 

 white, with black longitudinal streaks. Hind wings semihyaline, 

 with a brownish marginal line. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 6. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 

 c. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 

 rf, e, Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 

 /. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection, 



Asia. 



107. Crambus desistalis. 



Fcem. Substramineo-cinereus ; ala? anticce fusco conspersa, linea 

 discali abbreviata e atomis fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris, 

 costa vix convexa, margine exteriore perobliquo ; postica pal- 

 lida. 



Female. Cinereous, tinged with pale straw-colour. Labial 

 palpi nearly as long as the breadth of the head, fawn-colour be- 

 neath. Maxillary palpi less than half the length of the labial 

 palpi. Fore wings acute, with brown speckles, of which some in the 



