CRAMBUS. 15 



Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous except marginal 

 area. 



Hob. Japan; Dharmsala ; Khasis ; Nagas. Exp. 20 millim. 



4166. Crambus melanostictus, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 937. 



Differs from latellus in the palpi being white at tips. Fore wing 

 with two oblique medial costal brown strigae continued as a single 

 medial line angled below costa, with a black spot on it at vein 2 ; 

 the submarginal line brown, further from the margin, double 

 from the costa to its angle at vein 6 and incurved at vein 2 ; no 

 orange on marginal area ; a slight brown marginal line ; the cilia 

 silvery. 



Hob. Nagas ; Ceylon. Exp. 16-20 millim. 



4167. Crambus oculalis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1893, p. 64, pi. 3, fig. 6. 



<$ . White ; palpi fulvous at sides except the 3rd joint ; 

 abdomen yellowish. Fore wing with the costa brown, with a broad 

 fulvous fascia below it ; an indistinct medial brown line oblique 

 and highly angled below costa, then waved and with black specks 

 on it at lower angle of cell and vein 2 ; a submarginal line double 

 and highly angled below costa, then obsolescent, sinuous, and 

 reduced to specks ; the apex white with a large brown, spot ; three 

 black specks on margin below middle; the cilia silvery. Underside 

 of fore wing suffused with fuscous. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Java. Exp. 18 millim. 



4168. Crambus argenticilia, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 937. 



S . Pure silvery white ; palpi tinged with fulvous at base. 

 Fore wing with fine pale fuscous, slightly sinuous erect medial 

 line ; a similar submarginal line slightly excurved between veins 

 6 and 3 ; a black marginal line ; cilia silvery. 



Bab. Bhutan; Ceylon. Exp. 16 millim. 



4169. Crambus SBnescentellus, Hmpsn. P. Z.S. 1895, p. 933. 



S . Head white, base of palpi and antennae brown ; thorax 

 brown, the patagia white ; abdomen white. Fore wing white ; 

 an aeneous fascia along basal two-thirds of costa and broader 

 fasciae below median nervure and on inner margin ; a fascia in end 

 of cell, then bent upwards to apex : a series of marks in the inter- 

 spaces beyond lower angle of cell ; a marginal line. Hind wing 

 white, the costal area with an aeneous tinge. 



$ with the fore wing more wholly suffused with bronze. 



Hub. Ceylon ; E. Africa. Exp. 16 millim. 



4170. Crambus argyrophorus, Butl. III. Het. ii, p. 61, pi. 40, fig. 5. 



Head white ; palpi fuscous at sides ; thorax and abdomen 

 fuscous, the former with white dorsal stripe. Fore wing pale 



