TUB PEARL VENEER MOTH. 14-3 



This is done in order to show at once to which 

 group the various species belong. Similarly, all 

 the Cramhites end in ellus or ella, all the Tortrices 

 end in ana, and the Tineae invariably end in ella. 



Our first examples of the Crambites are taken 

 from the typical genus. The first of them is the 

 PEARL VENEER (Crambus pinetdlus), a figure of 

 which is given on Plate X. fig. 9. 



This is a singularly pretty little Moth. The 

 upper wings are rich chrome yellow, with a 

 pearly sort of gloss, from which the insect derives 

 its popular name. In the centre of the wing is 

 A bold white mark, reaching nearly from the 

 hind margin to the base, and interrupted in the 

 middle by a dark brown diagonal bar. The 

 lower wings are pale glossy grey, slightly darker 

 towards the hind margin. In all the Moths of 

 this genus, the palpi are long, and project in a 

 beak-like form. 



Another species of this pretty genus, the 

 STREAKED VENEER (Crambus selasellus), is shown 

 on Plate X, fig. 8. The Moth derives its popular 

 name from the colour of the upper wings, which 

 are ochreous grey, and have a central white streak 

 which reaches beyond the middle of the wing 

 and then becomes forked. The hind-wings are 

 simply grey. 



