LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 167 



wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. Shanghai, From the Entomological Society's collection. 



111. CRAMBUS TINCTICOSTELLUS. 



Mas. Cervinus ; antenna longiuscula ; abdomen alas posticas 

 fere dimidio superans ; ala anticce latiuscula, acuta^ costa 

 pallidiore, spatio subcostali obscuriore, margine exteriore sub- 

 obliquo ; poslicce pallidiores. 



Male. Fawn-colour, rather slender. Labial palpi almost as 

 long as the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi very short. An- 

 tennae rather long. Abdomen long, extending for nearly half its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 

 acute, rather darker along the costa, which is paler than the ground 

 hue; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings 

 paler. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



This species differs much from the typical form of Crambus. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



112. Crambus sinensellus. 



Mas et foem. Ochraceo -cervinus ; antenna graciles ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans; ala latiuscula , fimbria alba ; 

 anticce acuta, costa alba, venis albidis ; postica aneo-albida, 

 subhyalince. 



Male and female. Ochraceous fawn-colour. Labial palpi a 

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

 short. Antenna? and legs slender. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Wings rather broad ; fringe white. Fore 

 wings acute ; costa white ; veins whitish. Hind wings whitish, 

 tinged with aeneous, slightly hyaline. Length of the body 4^ — 6 

 lines; of the wings 13 — 16 lines. 



a, b. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



113. Crambus infixellus. 



Fcem. Pallide cervinus, sat validus ; abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans ; ala antica vitta costali lata albida ; postica alba, 

 semihyatina. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, 'rather stout. Labial palpi much 

 longer than the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi about one- 



