252 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



FAMILY XVI. CRAMBID^:. 

 C RAMBUS PINETELLU8. 



(Plate XIII., Fig. 7.) 



This pretty and conspicuous species is very widely 

 distributed throughout the country, and is not uncom- 

 mon ; it occurs in several parts of Scotland, and in Ire- 

 land has been noticed both at Killarney and at Blarney. 



The expansion of the wings is about an inch. The 

 fore-wings are of a rich yellow-brown, mottled with 

 darker beyond the middle ; from the base arises a pearly 

 white wedge-shaped blotch, which reaches to the middle ; 

 beyond this, separated only by a thin, dark brown streak, 

 is a rhomboidal pearly- white blotch edged with dark 

 brown. 



The larva has not, I believe, been hitherto observed, 

 but it is not improbable that it may feed on the lichens 

 on the trunks of fir-trees. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August, and is 

 not unfrequently beaten from fir-trees. 



FAMILY XYI. CRAMBID^. 

 CHILO FOBFIGELLUS. 



This insect is, I believe, tolerably generally distributed 

 in the south of England, and occurs northwards as far 

 as York and Manchester : it has not been observed in 

 Scotland, but occurs in Ireland, at Killarney. 



The expansion of the wings is about an inch. The 

 fore-wings are pale greyish-ochreous, more or less tinged 

 with brownish towards the costa, and with an oblique, 

 dark brown streak from the tip of the wing, reaching 



