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“ENTOMA QUIDQUID AGUNT NOSTltt EST FARRAGO I.IJ3ELL1.” 
No. 36.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1863. [Price 2d. 
GENERA AND SPECIES OF THE CRAM- 
BID 2E AND CHILONIDJE. 
From the Latin of Prof. P. C. 
Zeller. 
No. 4. 
SciRPOPHAGA. 
ACE broad. Two simple (yes 
behind the compound Palpi 
short, rather threadlike, stretching 
forward. Maxillary hairy, rather 
cylindrical incumbent on the labial, 
Haustellum short rolled up. Antennaa 
setaceous, those of male long-, cilia- 
ted. Wings elongated, of one colour ; 
hind wings without a comb. Hind 
tarsi elongate. Anus of the female 
clothed with a thick tuft. 
The larva inhabits the stalks of 
water plants. This genus, though 
nearly allied to S clue nubias, i3 easily 
separated by the shortness of the 
palpi, which are scarcely longer than 
the head, and by the wings, which 
are of one hue and of a satiny 
appearance. Many species doubtless, 
are to be found in warm countries. 
The name of the genus is a barbarous 
compound of the Latin Scirpus a 
reed, and the Greek word for to 
eat. 
1. Prcelata Scop. White, very 
slightly shining, all the tarsi black- 
ish, with white rings. Anal tuft 
quite white, of considerable length. 
Wings of the female sharpened at 
the tip ; of the male, dusky beneath. 
2. Ginerea. Dark satiny grey, 
hind wings lighter. 
3. Clirysorrl'oa. Wings satiny; 
fore-wings sharp at the tip, suffused 
with yellowish ; hind wings snowy 
white. Tarsi dusky, with white 
wings ; Anal tuft reddish -yellow. 
4. Aurifiua. Wings satiny, lore- 
wings sharp at the tip. Entirely 
whitish, hind wings snow-white. 
Fore legs, except the femora, dusky. 
Tarsi of the rest dark grey. Anal 
tuft reddish-yellow. (Male ) 
5. Gilvibcrbis. Rather small, fore 
wings entirely satiny-whitish, palpi 
dusky, anal tuft reddish-yellow 
mingled with whitish at the tip. 
(Male ) 
6. Lcucatea. Wings wholly satiny, 
tarsi snowy white, palpi brownish 
above. 
7. Vinjinea Z. Rather small snow- 
