382 LEPIDOPTERA. 



not appear until the spring of the following year, Mr. Saim- 

 tiers' specimens having left the chrysalis May 8th. 



Crambus, so abundant throughout the summer in grass, is at 

 once known bj r the long narrow wings being rolled around the 

 body in a tubular form. The larva has sixteen legs, is whit- 

 ish or dull colored, with large shining spots, and feeds on moss 

 in silken galleries. Mr. Saunders has hatched the larva? from 

 the eggs. "They feed readily on grass, the blades of which 

 they fasten together with silken threads, under which they live 

 concealed; they will also feed on clover." Crambus mulnhilix 

 Clemens is grayish fuscous, the palpi a little darker, while the 

 fore wings have a grayish median stripe, not extending beyond 

 the disk, and the discal dot is dark brown. It is a variable :md 

 a common species. Other kinds are variously streaked with 

 silvery white. 



The Bee moth, (jailer '/a, luis rather broad wings, which are 

 indented on the outer edge. G. cereana Fabr. (Plate 8. iig. 

 1 1 ) is dusky gray, streaked with purple brown on the outer 

 edge, with a few dark brown spots on the inner margin. The 

 larva is yellowish white, with brownish dots. It constructs 

 silken galleries running through the comb, iu which it feeds. 

 It spins a thick white cocoon. Two broods of moths appear, 

 one in April and May, the other in August. They lay their 

 eggs at evening while the bees are resting. The caterpillars 

 mature in about three weeks. 



TORTRICIDJE Leach. The "Leaf-rollers" are best character- 

 ized by the shortness of the palpi, which project beak-like, and 

 are rarely long enough to be curved in front of the 

 head ; and by the oblong fore wings. They are of small 

 size, rarely expanding over an inch, and are folded 

 roof-like (Fig. 255) over the body. The fore wings are 

 ''''- -"'"' broad, compared with those of the Tin eid' , and 

 are much rounded on the costa. They are variegated with 

 bands and spots, often of brilliant metallic hues, while the hind 

 wings are dull colored like the body, the inner edge being folded 

 fan-like against the body. The antennae are filiform and the 

 legs are much shorter than in the Pyralids. They fly mostly by 

 night, resting during the day upon the plant on which the larva 



