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salids remaining in the kernels. The next June, a swarm of 

 moths appeared in the jar, in whicli tliey eontiimed to ))ropa- 

 gate three years, successively, producing moths in C(.)nsiderable 

 quantities in June and in August, with a smaller number at 

 various intermediate times, except during the depth of winter. 

 These corn-moths, as already stated, were rather larger than 

 those from the wheat, the wings of some of them expanding 

 nearly six tenths of an inch.* The head is smooth and not 

 tufted. The antenna? are threadlike, with distinctly marked 

 joints. The feelers are long and curved upwards; the terminal 

 joint naked, acute, and blackish near the tip; the second or 

 middle joint rather shorter and thicker, hairy beneath, and 

 blackish on the outer side; the basal joint very short and hairy. 

 The tongue makes several spiral turns, and, when extended, 

 is about half the length of the antennte. The body and fore 

 wings are of that tint of pale brownish gray, which the French 

 call coffee and milk color, and they have the lustre of satin. 

 The fore wings are long and narrow, and are pointed at the 

 end ; together with their wide fringes, they are more or less 

 sprinkled with blackish dots, especially near the tips. The 

 hind wings are blackish, with a leaden lustre; they are narrow, 

 and are very suddenly and obliquely contracted to a point at 

 the tips; they are entirely surrounded with a blackish fringe, 

 which is wider on the inner margin than the wing itself. They 

 are folded lengthwise, when at rest, beneath the upper wings. 

 The fore legs are blackish, and the hindmost legs are fringed 

 with long hairs on the inner side. The chrysalis is obtuse at 

 each end; the tail surrounded with a few minute points, three 

 of which are larger than the rest; the rings of the body are 

 smooth, or not notched; and the wing-cases extend nearly to 

 the hinder extremity. The chrysalis-sldn generally remains 

 within the grain when the moth comes out; in some few 

 cases, however, it was found sticking out of the orifice in the 



* Mr. Curtis, probably through, inadvertence, has stated that Butalis cerealdla 

 " expands rather more than one inch." Half an inch is the true measure. See 

 Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. VII., p. 86. Com- 

 pare Duponchel, Hist. Nat. des Lepidopt^res de France. Supplement. Tome 

 IV., pi. 85, fig. 3. 



