660 CATALOGUE OF 



South America. 



5. Argyritis aegyrina. 



Alba ; thorax cinereo conspersus ; alee anticce angustce lanceolate 

 Integra vitta lata antica, linea submarginali fasciaque lata 

 poslica argenteis ; postica opalino albce, margine nigricante. 



Cucullia argyrina, Guen. Noct. ii. 150, 892. 



Monte Video. 



Africa. 

 6. Argyeitis Filia. 



Rufo-testacea ; abdomen album ; alee anticce rubiginosa>, apud 

 marginem exterior em testacece P disco argentea?, striga basalt 

 plagaque apud angulum interior em albis ; poslica alba cine 

 reo latissime marginata. 



Phalaena-Noctua Filia, Cram. Pap. ExoL iii. 128, pi. 264, f. D. 

 Argyritis Filia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 247, 2455. 



Cape. 



Genus 15. CRAMBODES. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, graciles, 

 subnudi, caput longe superantes; articulus 3us conicus, 2i quad 

 rante non longior. Antennae serratae, subciliatae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas vix supevans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae anticae sat angustae, apud costam rectae, apice rotun- 

 datae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo vix denticulato. 



Crambodes, Guen. Noct. ii. 152. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, slen- 

 der, almost bare, extending much beyond the head ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae serrated, minutely ciliated. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Fore wings rather narrow, straight in front, rounded at the 

 tips, moderately oblique and hardly denticulated along the exterior 

 border. 



