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1895.] OF THE SCHCENOBIINCE AND CRAMBINCE. 953 dark rufous with a silvery gloss ; a short rufous line with inner edge from costa to subcostal nervures before middle of similar slightly oblique line from middle of ceU to inner margin ; a rufous discocellular line ; a white mark at lower angle of cell ; a white-edged, rufous, slightly sinuous, oblique postmedial line. Hind wing ochreous; a discocellular fuscous spot; an oblique fuscous postmedial line, the area beyond it slightly tinged with fuscous. Hab. Jalapa, Mexico (Schaus). Exp. 40 mm. Undetermined Species. Erupa titanialis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 137. f. 4. Brazil. Genus DIATRCEA. Diatrcea, Lands.Guild. Trans. Soc. Encour. Arts, xlvi. 143 Palpi extending about three times length of head and thickly clothed with hair ; maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with hair ; proboscis absent; frons with a tuft of hair; antennae of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; tibiae somewhat hairy, the spurs weU developed. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from near upper angle ; 8, 9 stalked; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. Fig. 36. Biatrcea saccharalis, cf. \. Type. (1) DIATRCEA SACCHARALIS, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 238. S. States f Chilo obliteratellus, Zell. Mon. Chil. & Cramb. W. Indies p. 8. Centr. & tCrambus leucaniellus, Wlk. xxvii. 161. S. America. f „ lineosellus, Wlk. xxvii. 162. Chilo companellus, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 137. f. 5. t „ crambidoides, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 15. (2)tDiATRCEA LINEOLATA, Wlk. ix. p. 100. Centr. & S. America. f Chilo culmicolellus, Zell. Mon. Chil. & Cramb. p. 7. f „ neuricellus, Zell. Mon. Chil. & Cramb. p. 8. tCrambus impersonatellus^ Wlk. xxvii. 163. (3)tDiATRCBA MAURICIELLA, Wlk. xxvii. 141. Mauritius. |
