Pyralidae 
Genus GLYPHODES Guenee 
This is a large genus, represented in both hemispheres by 
numerous species. We give figures of three. 
(1) Glyphodes nitidalis Stoll, Plate XLVII, Fig. 43, $. 
(The Pickle-worm.) 
The insect feeds in its larval stage upon cucumbers and 
melons, into which the caterpillar bores. A good account of its 
habits is given by Riley in the “Second Annual Report of the 
State Entomologist of Missouri, ” page 67. It has, like most of the 
Pyralidce, a wide range, and extends from the southern portions 
of the United States to the southern portions of South America. 
(2) Glyphodes hyalinata Linnaeus, Plate XLVII, Fig. 39, 6 . 
Syn. margincilis Stoll; lucernalis Hiibner; hyalinatalis Guenee. 
The range of this species is very much the same as that of 
the last mentioned. 
(3) Glyphodes quadristigmalis Guenee. (The Privet- 
moth.) 
Fig. 217. — Glyphodes quadristigmalis. a , lateral view of larva; b , dorsal view; 
c, cocoon; d, moth; e, lateral view of two segments of larva, enlarged; f , anal 
segment of pupa from below, greatly enlarged. (After Riley, “ Insect Life,” 
Vol. I, p. 24.) 
This moth has in recent years proved at times troublesome as 
an enemy of privet-hedges in the southern portions of the country. 
As many as four broods of the moths have been detected in one 
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