,j4 Lloyd's natural history. 



meadow-grass {^Poa annua). It is yellowish-green, with a light 

 green head. There is a dark green dorsal line, and a yellow 

 sub-dorsal line, whilst the spiracles are flesh-coloured. 



The pupa is short and stout, with two fine points at the 

 extremity. It is at first shining drab, but by the follow- 

 ing spring has become dark brownish-green. It is placed 

 in a cocoon close to the ground. 



The moth is found from June to August. 



Pyralis banktana, described by Fabricus in 1781, is certainly 

 the present species, and is represented by a specimen in the 

 existing Banksian Collection ; but the insect which he origin- 

 ally described under the same name in his '• Systema Entomo- 

 logics" (1775) is something quite different. 



GENUS GALGULA. 



Galgida, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 239 (1852); 

 Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 817 (1857). 



Antennae smooth, but a little thickened in the male. Palpi 

 short, ascending, the last joint distinct and pointed. Thorax 

 and abdomen scaly, the former long, and the latter short, and 

 pointed at the tip in the female. Legs, slender, bare. Wings 

 entire, smooth, silky, with rather short fringes ; the markings 

 rather indistinct. There is no accessory cell, the sub-costal 

 nervure forming two bifurcations opposite each other. 



This genus belongs to Guenee's AnthophilidcB, which is the 

 fourth family into which he divides his Minores. 



GALGULA PARTITA. 

 {Plate CXXVIir., Fig. 2.) 

 Galgula partita, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 239 



(1854). 

 This is a little North American Moth, which measures rather 

 less than an inch across the wings. 



