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arrived in Germany was quite unknown, except that the 

 mill in which it was first found was used for grinding 

 American wheat. But Prof. Chittenden states that in 

 North America it is also only known as a recently introduced 

 pest, and is there called the "Mediterranean flour-moth." 

 It seems to have spread widely in both hemispheres, and 

 in or before 1887 it reached this country, being found 

 feeding in a mixture of wheat-meal and ground rice, in 

 a baker's premises at Ston}^ Stratford, Bucks, by Mr. William 

 Thompson. Since that time it has been found in London 

 in multitudes, and seems to occur in mills almost throughout 

 England, and in Scotland to Aberdeen. In Ireland it has 

 been noticed at Cork, and doubtless will soon be at home 

 also in that country. The records from abroad, besides the 

 extensive distribution in Europe and North America already 

 adverted to, include Sj'ria, Northei-n Africa and Central 

 America. 



4. E. cahiritella, ZAI. ; passulella, Ban: ; cautella, 

 Stand, cat. — Expanse | to f inch (15-20 mm.). Fore wings 

 narrow, dull brown or grey-buff ; first line erect, obscure, 

 straight, grey-brown ; under the costa is a broad tuft of 

 scales. Hind wings shining white. 



Antennas of the male slender, simple, bent back, dull pale 

 brown ; palpi thin, curved up, dull brown ; head and thorax 

 yellow-brown ; abdomen whitish-brown. Fore^wings narrow -^ 

 costa very faintly arched ; apes bluntly angulated ; hind 

 margin rounded but short ; colour dull yellow-brown or 

 grey-buff', dusted with brown and rather glistening; first 

 line cloudy, erect, formed of faint grey-brown dots and 

 clouds ; second line hardly perceptible, of the ground colour 

 edged on both sides by faint brownish cloudy dots ; discal 

 spot represented bj- two hardly visible browner dots ; cilia 

 pale golden-brown. Hind wings rather small, rounded 

 behind, semi-transparent pearly-white : cilia concolorous. 



