lepidoptera heterocera. 661 



1. Crambodes Talidiformis. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; alee anlicce fascia media diffusa 

 costaque fuscis, strigis interioribus lanceolatis, linea media e 

 punctis gutlisque marginalibus nigris, reniformi transversa 

 angusta nigricante marginata ; posticus albida, guttis margi- 

 nalibus f us cis . 



Crambodes Talidiformis, Guen. Noct. ii. 152, 896. 



North and South America. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 16. EPIMECIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, porrecti, 

 pilosi, caput sat superantes; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i trientis 

 non longior. Antennae simplices, graciles, corporis dimidio lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala? anticae sat angusta?, apud 

 costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, margin e exteriore sat obliquo. 



Epimecia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 514 ; Noct. ii. 153. 

 Cleophana, p., Boisd. 

 Caradrina, p., Treit. 



Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, porrect, pilose, 

 extending some distance beyond the head ; third joint elongate- 

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

 tennae simple, slender, rather more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs slen- 

 der; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Fore wings rather narrow, 

 straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, rather oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



1. Epimecia ustulata. 



Pallide cinerascens ; abdomen albido-canescens ; alee anticce disco 

 ex parte costa margineque exteriore obscurioribus, nigro con- 

 spersa, guttis duabus discalibus albis ; posticce albido-canes- 

 centes. 



Cleophana ustulata, Boisd. Ramb, Grasl. Chem. pi. 22 ; Ind. Meth. 

 151, 1212. 



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