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2. P. costiferalis Walker. Clay color, shaded and dusted with dull rose; with 

 contrasting blackish base (above fold), patch on cell, and subapical costal patch; 

 postmedial line excurved and serrate, diffuse, clay color; often defined on inner 

 side with a blackish shade. Antemedial line similar, zigzag, or obscure. Hind 

 wing pale, with a faint darker postmedial and rarely a subterminal line. 15-24 mm. 



July to August. 



In this and the next species, the antennal ciliations are longer than the seg- 

 ments, the tongue is very weak and half as long as the thorax, and Sc and R are 

 farther apart in the hind wing. These species approach Aglossa. 



July. 



Ontario to Pennsylvania. New York: Saranac Inn, Ithaca, Big Indian Valley, 

 Albany. 



3. P. disciferalis Dyar. Shining dull rose, much darker than P. costiferalis. 

 Costa barred with black on basal two-thirds, heavily toward base. Lines broad, 

 pale, diffuse, heavily edged toward median area with blackish; the antemedial 

 line zigzag and the postmedial excurved opposite the cell and concave toward the 

 costa and in the fold. Hind wing much as in P. costiferalis, but darker, with a 

 pinker costa. 15 mm. 



July. 



Maryland to Missouri. New York: Ithaca. 



57. AGLOSSA Latreille 

 (Grease moths) 



Similar to Pyralis, and only differing from the latter group of Pyralis in the 

 weaker tongue (fig. 365). Antennal ciliation longer than the segments, fasciculate; 

 tongue shorter than eye; M 2 and M 3 sometimes approximate only (fig. 363), but 

 stalked in our species; Sc and R well separated beyond cell in hind wing; scaling 

 shining, greasy looking. 



1. A. cuprina Zeller. Tongue coiled and as long as eye. Clay color, heavily 

 shaded with dull rose; the median area, and frequently the base and outer margin, 

 shaded with dark gray. Antemedial line zigzag and postmedial line strongly 

 dentate, both edged with blackish toward the median area ; tooth on antemedial 

 line on fold often strongly contrasting, filled with a blackish patch, and capped 

 with a blackish arrow-head mark. Reniform horizontally oval, often with a 

 diffuse black spot beyond it. Hind wing luteous, nearly immaculate. 18-23 mm. 



June to September. 



Generally distributed. New York: Ithaca. Rhinebeck. 



2. A. cuprealis Hiibner. Tongue reduced to two scaly lobes; fore wings dark lute- 

 ous gray, marked with luteous, with little or no pinkish shading; lines as in A. cup- 

 rina; the antemedial, on the average, less deeply dentate, not defined with darker; 

 reniform irregularly invaded by the dark ground, or obsolete. 18 mm. 



Caterpillar gray, with brown head; a scavenger. 



General; also in Europe. New York: Mt. Marcy (Hill), Ithaca, Poughkeepsie 

 (New York State Collection), New Windsor (Morton), Brooklyn. 



58. HTPSOPYGIA Hiibner 

 (Pyralis, in part) 



Like the typical group of Pyralis, except for the longer stalking of RI and Rj 

 (fig. 362) ; 3d A preserved, running into 2d A. Caterpillar as in Pyralis farinalis. 



1. H. costalis Fabricius (Clover-hay worm). Light dull rose; fringe very broad 

 and pale yellow; lines rather fine, pale yellow, enlarged into large patches on 

 costa of fore wing. 13-18 mm. 



