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This i)('niilii'ul insect is Jihundaiit in granaries (thronghont the 

 gh)be?); the larva is statcul to reside in a case connecting several 

 grains of corn together by means of its silken threads; its ravages 

 have been most observed in September and October (but I think 

 a second brood feeding in July extremely probable) ; the perfect 

 insect appears in June. 



U. cloacella. Haw. L. B. 563 (1829); Step.; yA\.—p-aHella, var., 

 l)u|). xi. pi. ~S'.i. f. 13 et If. Alls auticis all)ido-oehreis, fusccscente 

 pauUuUnn sull'usis, inacuUs conspiciioribus {'osta; saturate fuscis tribus 

 {lo/a basfili plicam nou tatujculc, una ab!)rcviata ante medium, nlli'va 

 eloiuj(da cum slria lo)i(jUadinaH disci co/incxa, poue medium) maculis 

 (luabus parvis, tertiaquc majore apicem versus ; macula plicae ante me- 

 dium saturate fusca, margiue postico iiiterrupte saturate fusco ; cajnllis 

 c/iliile-ochrcis. Exp. al. 6.V lin. 



Ilerid and fuce j?ale oclireoun. Palpi wliitisli ; second joint externally 

 fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Anterior wings uhitish-ochreous, some- 

 what sutfused with pale fuscous, and with several dark fuscous spots, 

 of which, three on the costa are very conspicuous, oin' at iJw base not 

 rcnclihiij to the fold, a short one before the middle, and a nomncliat elon- 

 ijolcd one. binjond Ihe tniddle connected with a loiKjitudinal streak on tJie 

 disc, beyond this are two smaller fuscous spots, and a larger dark fuscous 

 spot lies towards the apex ; on the fold before the middle is a dark fus- 

 cous spot ; the hinder margin is interruptedly dark fuscous ; cilia dark 

 fuscous, with pale ochrcous patches. Posterior wings dark grey, with 

 a slight ])urplish tinge, with paler cilia. 



Abundant througliout the country, frerpienting old liedgerows 

 in May and August. The larva feeds in fungi and decayed wood, 

 aiut })robably does not do us any mischief. 



It. ruricolella, Sta. Cat. p. 7 (1819). — (jraiiella, var., Dup. xi. 

 pi. 28u. f. 12. — cloacella, var. h., Zell. Alis antieis griseo-ochreis, ma- 

 culis saturate fuscis, tribus costa:; conspicuoribus, una bnsali plicam 

 noH tantjente, una ante medium, altera majore pone medium in disco 

 postice vo)t producta, macula plicae ante medium saturate fusca, margine 

 postico a])icecpic costiu saturate fusco-punctatis ; capiUis dilute ochreis. 

 Ex J), al. 5i-Ci lin. 



Head and face /i«/e ochreoiis. Palpi whitish ; second joint externally 

 fuscous. Antennas pale grey. Anterior wings greyish-ochrcous, with 

 dark fuscous spots, of which three on the costa are conspicuous, one at 

 the base not reachhuj to the fold, one before the middle, and a larger 

 one beyond the middle reaching nearly half across the wing, bat not 

 produced posteriorUj on the disc ; on the fold betbre the middle is a dark 

 fuscous spot ; hinder margin and apex of the costa interruptedly dark 

 fuscous; cilia fuscous, interrupted with pale ochrcous j)atches. Pos- 

 terior wings grey, with a slight purplish tinge, with paler cilia. 



Occurs in the same places and at the same tinu's as the ])reeed- 



