ture of the trophi G. mellonella is so very similar to Ilithya Lat. 

 that it seems scarcely necessary to separate them, but G. alve- 

 aria is so very different, that Hubner associates it with the Li- 

 thosiae, and has called it 



Gen. 983''. Achroia. 



1. alvearia Fab. — grisella ivzi. — cinereola J/?Vi. Bomh. 23. 91. 

 Pale cinereous, superior wings fuscous : labial palpi short 



and subhorizontal in both sexes : head clothed with ochreous 

 depressed scales ; wings elliptical, apex ovate : expanse, S 8 

 and $ 9 lines. 



This species runs very quick : Mr. Haworth used to find it 

 in the neighbourhood of London in June. The larva feeds 

 on the honey in beehives ; and I suspect the figures 7, 8, 9, 

 pi. 19. of Reaumur, are intended to represent this and not the 

 following insect. 



Gen. 984;. Galleria Fab. 



2. Mellonella Zmw. — Curt. B.E.pl.587. S • ? • — cereanaLinn. 

 Wherever there are beehives these insects are occasionally 



found, and sometimes in such abundance as to destroy the 

 entire contents, compelling the bees to seek another habitation. 

 Linnaeus states that it was not introduced into Sweden until 

 1760, when it was imported with beehives from Germany, and 

 as he Jirst described it under the name of Mellojiella I have 

 used it in preference. 



The larva shown feeding on the comb is copied from HUb- 

 ner. The moths appear from the end of June to August, and 

 last summer they were in such prodigious quantities, that Mr. 

 Doubleday of Epping bred about 300 specimens, a pair of 

 which were presented to me by Mr. F. Walker. 



Since the genus Melia was published in Feb. 1828 (a year 

 and a half before Mr. Stephens's Catalogue appeared, which 

 makes it impossible for me to have followed him as he states in 

 his Illustrations), we have learned from Ochsenheimer's 9th 

 vol. that T. colonella and sociella, Linn., are the sexes ; this will 

 render the following alterations necessary in the Guide and 

 fol. 201 of this work. 



Gen. 985. Ilithya Lat. 



A. Labial palpi with the terminal joint the longest in the males; 



superior wings obtuse. 



1. colonella Linn. ? . — sociella Fab. — tribunella Hiib. ^ . 



2. anella Fab. — bipunctana Ent. Trans. — sociella Hiib. 



Gen. 986. Meliana Guide. 



B. Labial palpi with the 2nd joint the longest. 



* Superior wings lanceolate, somewhat acute. 



1. flammea Curt. Brit. Ent. v. 3. pi. 201. 



** Superior wings obtuse. 



2. sericea Curt. Brit. Etit. v. 3. fol. 20P. 



The Plant is Stellaria uliginosa (Bog Stitchwort). 



