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yellow ochreous or brownish ochreous, clouded towards the 

 costa and hind margin with dark brown ; a broad pure 

 white streak from base to near the hind margin is inter- 

 rupted in the middle by an oblique transverse bar of dark 

 brown ; fringes darker than ground colour. Hind- wings, 

 very pale grayish. Abdomen, almost white, with a slight 

 ochreous tint. Legs, white, or white with a tinge of ochreous. 

 Expands about 24 mm. 



Occurs in July and August in or near fir woods. Flies 

 naturally at dusk ; easily found at rest with a light. It is 

 widely distributed, but rather local, and is not common in 

 Scotland. " The larva lives in a silken web amongst the 

 tufts of grass on which it feeds ; it hybernates and pupates in 

 a cocoon amongst its food." 



Crambus myellus, Hb. 



Antenna?, dark brown. Palpi, pure white on the upper 

 surface, dirty white below, and dark brown at the sides. 

 Head, pure white. Thorax, pure white, shoulders ochreous 

 brown. Fore -wings, rich ochreous brown, darkest towards 

 the tip and hind margin ; a broad white streak from base to 

 near the hind margin is interrupted in the middle, and near 

 the outer edge, by oblique chocolate brown bars. Hind-wings, 

 very pale gray, darker towards the hind margin, fringes pale. 

 Abdomen, same colour as hind wings. Legs, white, with 

 a tinge of ochreous. Expands about 26 mm. 



Occurs in July and August on moors and near the 

 edges of woods. Flies naturally for a few minutes on quiet, 

 warm evenings at dusk. Mr. Webb of Dover, writing under 

 date 28th November 1890, in answer to an inquiry of mine, 

 says : u The first British specimen of Crambus myelins was 

 captured sitting on a grass culm in a pouring rain (and 

 another seen) by Mr. N. Brown, then curator to Mr. Wilson 

 Saunders, on a hillside about three hours' walk from 

 Aberdeen, and brought to me to identify the following week 

 as a doubtful C. pinetellus. From the British Museum collec- 

 tion, I quickly ascertained its name, and it was exhibited 

 at the Linnaean and London Entomological Societies by 

 .Mr. Saunders's son as new to Britain." Since then it has 

 been found in a number of different localities comprised 



