PHYCITID.-E—EPHESTIA. '^tJ 



Female a little larger and stouter, the first liue more marked, 

 the antennae threadlike, otherwise similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining pale yellow-brown ; 

 at the base of the costa is a small lappet with a broad tuft of 

 scales. Hind wings pearly white. Body and legs pale brown. 



On the wing from April till June, and in a partial second 

 generation from August to October. 



Larva slender, cylindrical ; the legs much under the 

 body ; head glossy reddish-brown ; dorsal plate shining, 

 black and brown, with a margin of pale skin between it and 

 the head ; body brownish pink, changing beyond the thoracic 

 segments to faint flesh colour, or even to a pale tint of drab ; 

 dorsal line brownish-pink, dividing the dorsal plate ; raised 

 dots small, shining, dark brown ; anal plate somewhat heart- 

 shaped, dark brown ; a row of dark brown spots is along 

 each side, and others are beneath ; on either side of the 

 second segment is a black-brown, shield-like, glossy spot in 

 front of the spiracles, and another on the outside of each 

 anal proleg ; the ocellated spots on the third and twelfth 

 segments black, with a white centre ; the skin generally is 

 soft, smooth, and glistening. (W. Buckler — condensed.) 



September till April, and probably a second generation in 

 July ; on cotton-cake, locust beans, malt, dried fruits, and 

 even chocolate ; living under a dense web of whitish-grey 

 silk, making passages among the food. 



Pupa of ordinary form with prominent eye-pieces and 

 rather long wing-covers ; the tip of the abdomen ending in 

 an excessively small round tliorny boss ; colour shining dark 

 bronzy-brown. (W. Buckler.) In an oval cocoon of i^early- 

 grey silk, covered with frass, among the food. 



This species also is an inhabitant of dried fruit warehouses, 

 oil mills, stores for cotton-cake and locust beans, and occa- 

 sionally of shops for the sale of such articles. It was observed 

 in this country in 1873, if not earlier, and was separated and 



