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very acute, with a white subcostal stripe and with a white slightly 

 blackish-bordered discal stripe that is divided into three exterior 

 streaks ; these are connected with an almost marginal white line ; 

 exterior border almost straight, very oblique. Hind wiugs slightly 

 gilded, whitish cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. Adelaide. From Mr. Wilson's collection. 



b. Tasmania. Presented by M. All port, Esq. 



124. Crambus rtjptellus. 



Mas et foem. Cinereo-fuscus ; thorax cinereo quadrivitlatus ; ab- 

 domen basi cinereum ; alee antica lanceolatce, nigro subcon- 

 spersce, vittis cinereis nigro submarginatis, lineis tribus 

 argenteis interrupts, punctis marginalibus nigris, margine ex- 

 teriore perobliquo antice subexcavato ; postica subamece. 



Male and female. Cinereous-brown. Labial palpi longer than 

 the breadth of the head. Thorax with four cinereous stripes. Ab- 

 domen cinereous towards the base. Fore wings lanceolate, very 

 acute, slightly black-speckled, with cinereous stripes, and with three 

 interrupted somewhat irregular silvery lines ; stripes slightly and 

 partly black- bordered ; marginal points black, irregular; exterior 

 border very oblique, slightly concave in front. Hind wings with 

 an aeneous tinge ; fringe paler. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of 

 the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a, 6. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



c. d. Australia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



125. Crambus pleniferellus. 



Mas et foem. Ochraceus ; oculi albido cincti ; abdomen albido- 

 cinereum ; alee anticce vittis quatuor, fascia exteriore dentata, 

 strigis adhuc exterioribus, linea submarginali guttisque mar- 

 ginalibus argenteis ; postica albido-cinerece, 



Male and female. Ochraceous. Head whitish about the eyes. 

 Labial palpi nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head. 

 Maxillary palpi very short. Abdomen whitish cinereous. Fore 

 wings acute, with silvery marks ; these are mostly bordered with 

 black speckles ; four stripes extending from the base towards the 

 middle, where they are succeeded by an oblique irregular band ; this 

 is deeply dentate on the outer side, where it is followed by a band 

 of streaks; submarginal line curved, contiguous to four marginal 



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