386 PYRALIDINA [aphomia 



lines darker, dentate ; black discal elongate dots before and 

 beyond middle, in S very near costa, second in 5 round, 

 larger. Hindwings pale fuscous, towards apex darker. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; Europe, N. America : 

 6-8. Larva ochreous-grey-whitish ; head and plate of 2 brown : 

 in silken galleries on fibrous material of nests of wasps, and 

 under decayed bark ; 8-10. 



5. Galleria, F. 



Face with strong projecting ridge of scales. Labial palpi in 

 S moderate, subascending, terminal joint curved inwards, 

 naked, flattened, pointed, in ? moderately long, porrected, 

 with appressed scales. Forewings : cell in S enlarged, open, 

 4 and 5 approximated. Hindwings : 4 and 5 stalked, some- 

 times coincident, 7 anastomosing shortly with 8. 



Also includes one species only. Imago with forewings 

 suboblong, costa in $ strongly, in 5 moderately arched, 

 termen with a triangular submedian projection, stronger in $ . 



1. Gr. mellonella, L. {cereana, L.) 28-38 mm. Forewings 

 brown, suftusedly irrorated with ashy-whitish, especially on 

 costal half towards base, and sprinkled with black, dorsal area 

 much mixed with whitish-ochreous or ferruginous ; some tufts 

 of raised scales on fold ; first and second lines angulated, faint, 

 towards dorsum mai'ked with short blackish dashes on veins 

 and small dorsal spots, first sometimes almost obsolete. 

 Hindwings in $ pale fuscous, becoming dark posteriorly, in ? 

 fuscous-whitish, terminally fuscous. 



England to York, Ireland, local ; Europe, WC. Asia to N. 

 Persia, N. America, Africa, Australia, spread by artificial 

 means ; 7-10. Larva pale dull grey ; head and plate of 2 dark 

 reddish-brown : in old honeycombs in beehives ; 5-8. 



3. CRAMBIDAE. 



Ocelli usually developed. Labial palpi very long, straight, 

 porrected, loosely rough-scaled, attenuated forwards. Maxillary 

 palpi well developed, strongly triangular. Forewings : lb 

 simple or obsoletely furcate, 4 and 5 closely approximated 

 or stalked, 7 separate or out of 8, 8 and 9 rarely coincident. 

 Hindwings with defined pecten of hairs on lower margin of cell, 

 4 and 5 connate or stalked or coincident, 7 out of 6 near 

 origin or approximated only, anastomosing with 8. 



A considerable family, more especially characteristic of 



