A. F. Verrill — The Bermuda, Islands. 



110 



Bee-moth; Wax-moth. (Galleria mellonella— G. cereana.) 



Figure 140. 



Common and very injurious to the honey bees, its larva destroy- 

 ing botli honey and comb. 



Abundant both in Europe and North America, 



Fig-moth; Raisin-moth. (Fpheslia cahiritella, Zell.) Figure 141. 



The larva of this widely diffused moth feeds on dried figs, prunes, 

 raisins, dry currants, nuts, chocolate, meal, and various other dried 



145 145a 



Figure 140. — Bee-moth (Galleria mellonella) ; b, larva. Figure 145. — Angou- 

 mois Grain-moth (Sitotroga eerealella), xl'_,. Both from Webster's Inter- 

 national Dictionary. Figure 145«. — Corn infested by S. eerealella ; after 

 Riley. 



food-stuffs. The color of the moth is gray, with whitish markings 



on the fore wings; expanse 15 to 20 mm . 



144 

 143 



Figure 143.— Meal-moth (Plodia interpunctella) ■ a, imago; b, larva; both 

 enlarged 2^". Figure 144.— Flour-moth {Biphestia Kuehniella Zell.), xlj^; 

 b, larva, x 2}$ ; from Webster's International Dictionary; after Chittenden. 



Meal-moths; Flow-moths; Grain-moths. {Pyralis farinalis. 

 Tinea granella, fig. 142. Plodia interpunctella, fig. L43. Ephes- 

 tia Kuehniella, fig. 144. Angoumois Grain-moth or " Fly- 

 weevil" = Sitotroga, or Gelechia, eerealella, fig. 145.) 



All these small moths, and apparently others related to them, 

 seem to be common, as in most other warm countries. They all feed 

 on stored cereals of various kinds, including flour, meal, bran, stored 



