40 



CKAMBUS HOKTUELLUS. (Plate II., fig. 11.) 



Tinea Hortuella Hiib., Tinea?, p. 29, Plate VII., figs.45, 46 (1803). 

 Tinea Cespitella Hiib., Tinea?, p. 29, Plate VII., fig. 45 (1803) 

 Tinea Falsella Schrank, Faun. Boic., Vol. II., p. 103 (1804). 

 Chilo Hortuellus Zinck., Germ. Mag., Vol. II., p. 62 (1817). 

 Chilo hortuellus Tr., Schm., Vol. IX., p. 84 (1832). 

 Crambus hortuellus Steph., 111. Br. Ent. Haust., Vol. IV., p. 322 



(1834). 

 Crambus hortuellus Dup., Nat. Hist. Lep., Vol.X., Plate CCLXIX., 



fig. 1 (1836). 



Crambus Hortuellus H. S , Schm., Vol. IV., p. 59 (1849). 

 Crambus Hortuellus Wood, Ind. Ent, p. 216, No. 1497 (1854). 

 Crambus hortuellus Staint., Man., Vol. II., p. 182 (1859). 

 Crambus hortuellus Zell., Chil. et Cram., p. 24 (1863). 

 Crambus Hortuellus Hein., Schm., Vol. I., p. 125 (1865). 

 Crambus topiarius Zell., Stett. Ent. Zeit., Vol. XXVIL, p. 155 



(1866). 



Crambus hortuellus Praun, Tineidas, Plate II., fig. 3 (1869). 

 Crambus topiarius Grote, Can. Ent., Vol. XII., p. 17 (1880). 

 Crambus topiarius Grote, Papilio, Vol. II., p. 74 (1882). 

 Crambus topiarius Felt, Grass-eating Ins., pp. 75, 87 (1894). 

 Crambus topiarius Scud., Ins. Life, Vol. VII., p. 1 (1894). 

 Crambus hortuellus Meyr., Handb. Br. Ent., p. 391 (1895). 



Expanse of wings, 16-22 mm. Palpi pale cinereous, shin- 

 ing fuscous on the outside ; head and thorax pale cinereous. 

 Fore wings very pale cinereous, gradually changing to ochre- 

 ous outwardly ; intervenular spaces fuscous brown ; a brown 

 oblique line, arising a little before the middle of the costa, 

 runs obliquely half way to the cell, then bends toward the 

 submarginal line and nearly joins another oblique costal line 

 of the same color; subterminal line fuscous brown, edged 

 outwardly w r ith dark lead-colored scales, arising from the 

 outer third of the costa, crosses the wings to the outer 

 fourth of the hind margin, forming an obtuse angle in the 

 middle of its course ; an oblique leaden streak in the apical 

 portion of the subterminal space. Terminal line black 

 above, followed by three black dots below. Fringes silvery 

 gray. Hind wings pale gray to dark gray, with a darker 

 terminal line not reaching the anal angle ; fringes whitish. 



(Fig- I,/-) 



Habitat. Maine, Massachusetts, New York, California, 

 Europe. Food, grass, cranberry, sheep-sorrel. 



