Pyralida; 



Genus GLYPHODES Guenee 



This is a large genus, represented in both hemispheres by 

 numerous species. We give figures of three. 



(1) Glyphodes nitidalis Stoll, Plate XLVII, Fig. 43, 6. 

 (The Pickle-worm.) 



The insect feeds in its larval stage upon cucumbers and 

 melons, into which the caterpillar bores. A good account of its 

 habits is given by Riley in the "Second Annual Report of the 

 State Entomologist of Missouri, " page 67. It has, like most of the 

 Pyralidce, a wide range, and extends from the southern portions 

 of the United States to the southern portions of South America. 



(2) Glyphodes hyalinata Linnaeus, Plate XLVII, Fig. 39, $ . 



Syn. marginahs Stoll; lucernalis Hubner; hyalinatalis Guenee. 



The range of this species is very much the same as that of 

 the last mentioned. 



(3) Glyphodes quadristigmalis Guenee. (The Privet- 

 moth.) 



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FIG. 217. Glyphodes quadristigmalis. , lateral view of larva; b, dorsal view; 

 c, cocoon ; d, moth ; e, lateral view of two segments of larva, enlarged ; /, anal 

 segment of pupa from below, greatly enlarged. (After Riley, " Insect Life," 

 Vol. I, p. 24.) 



This moth has in recent years proved at times troublesome as 

 an enemy of privet-hedges in the southern portions of the country. 

 As many as four broods of the moths have been detected in one 



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