Pyralidae 
Genus TOSALE Walker 
(i) Tosale oviplagalis Walker, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 33, $. 
Syn. nobilis Grote ; anthcecioides Grote & Robinson. 
This is a common insect in western Pennsylvania, coming 
freely to sugar. It ranges from the eastern portions of our terri¬ 
tory southward into South America. 
SUBFAMILY SCHCENOBIIN/E 
This is a small subfamily of peculiar moths in which the pro¬ 
boscis is wanting, and which are represented in our territory by 
four genera and a dozen or more species. Of these we have 
selected one for illustration. 
Genus SCIRPOPHAGA Treitschke 
(1) Scirpophaga perstrialis Hubner, Plate XL VIII, Fig. 
12, ?. 
Syn. serriradiellus Walker; macrinelhis Zellner. 
The habitat of this moth is the southern part of Florida. 
SUBFAMILY CRAMBIN/E 
The Crambince, or “Grass-moths,” as they are commonly 
called, constitute a large subfamily. The North American species 
have been well described and delineated by Fernald in his little 
book entitled “The Crambidse of North America,” which was 
published in 1896. To this the student will do well to refer. 
There are fourteen genera in our territory, and over eighty species. 
Only a few of these can be represented in our plates. 
Genus CRAMBUS Fabricius 
(1) Crambus laqueatellus Clemens, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 17, £ . 
Syn. semifuselliis Walker. 
The moth ranges from New England to Texas. Like all the 
other species of the genus, it feeds in its larval state upon the 
grasses. 
(2) Crambus alboclavellus Zeller, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 18, 5. 
The insect is very common in the Appalachian subregion. 
(3) Crambus turbatellus Walker, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 19, 
Syn. bipunctellus Zeller. 
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