Pyralidie 



Genus TOSALE Walker 

 (i) Tosale oviplagalis Walker, Phite XLVIII Fig. )}, $ . 



Syn. nohilis Grote ; antka:cioides Grote & Robinson. 



This is a common insect in western Pennsylvania, coming 

 freely to sugar. It ran-ges 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 

 (i) Scirpophaga perstrialis Hiibner, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 



12, ?. 



Syn. serriradiellus Walker ; macrinelliis Zellner. 



The habitat of this moth is the southern part of Florida. 

 SUBFAMILY CRAMBIN.^ 



The Cramhince, 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 Crambidae of North America," v/hich 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, c^ . 



Syn. semifusellns 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. bipanclcHtis Zeller. 



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