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triangle, with iii directly below ii. Pupae with tongue short, and pilifers rudimen- 

 tary, maxillary palpi present, small; dorsum, of body with a prominent median 

 ridge, and segments covered with small spines. 



The subfamily is a small one, widely separated from the other Pyralids (except 

 the Macrothecinae.) . Our few genera are closely related and do not fully represent 

 the group. It has been suggested that Linnaeus' name " Tinea " should be applied 

 to this group, as the bee moth was included in his genus, and was the form best 

 known as " Tinea " by the ancients ; but I have preferred to keep to familiar usage, 

 especially as Tinea was regularly used in an inclusive sense for a variety of stored 

 food pests and clothes moths. 



Key to the genera 



1. Hind wing with all veins (fig. 312) 9. Galleria. 



1. M 2 lost (fused with M 3 ). 



2. Fore wing with all veins; R 2 from cell. 



3. Cell about two-thirds length of wing in both sexes; M 2 and M 3 stalked. 



10. Melissoblaptes. 



3. Cell nearly reaching outer margin in male; with M 2 and M 3 well separated 



and often rudimentary ; in female, M 2 and M 3 connate from lower 



angle of cell. 



4. Cell in male almost reaching outer margin (fig. 313) ; base of costa 



with a pocket below; female with palpi projecting two and a half 



times the width of the eye 12. Aphomia. 



4. Cell in male not quite so long; pocket located near middle of wing 

 and associated with a hyaline spot; palpi of female projecting one 



and one-half times the width of the eye 11. Paralispa. 



2. Fore wing with one radial wanting; M„ and M 3 separate; no frontal tuft; 

 hind wings acute, with longer fringe; with discocellular vein barely extend- 

 ing in to middle of cell; fore wing in male with cell almost reaching 



outer margin 13. Achroia. 



2. Fore wing with a dorsal vein lost; no sex scaling in cell (12) Corcyra. 



9. GALLERIA Fabricius 



Antennae simple with a scale-tuft on scape in both sexes; palpi of male upturned, 

 minute, hidden in frontal tuft; palpi of female forming a short beak, with third 

 segment short; fore wing (fig. 312) in male with a slight thickening at base of 

 costa. cell thickened and with sex scaling below, three -fourths length of wing; 

 middle discocellular distinct and angled in; M 1 and M 2 well-developed, free; R 2 

 free; apex bluntly subfalcate (at R 5 and MJ ; outer margin produced at Cu 2 , 

 concave above and below; tip of 3d A free. Hind wing with M 2 and M 3 long- 

 stalked; Cttj free; discocellular extending more than half way to base of wing. 

 Female without thickenings or sex scaling, the tooth on Cu 2 and concavity of the 

 outer margin less distinct; cell rather broader and shorter. A row of small raised 

 tufts in the fold. 



1. G. mellonella Linnaeus. Dull gray, strigose; inner margin, below fold, yel- 

 lower; tufts on fold often blackish; postmedial line represented by a series of 

 obscure blackish bars. Hind wing fuscous, pale at base. . 25-35 mm., female larger. 

 (Tinea Linnaeus; Tortrix eereana Linnaeus.) (H p. 406, f. 226.) 



The larva is a serious pest in ill-kept beehives, eating and webbing up the comb; 

 also a scavenger in waste wax, etc. 



World-wide in distribution. New York: Fentons (Lewis County), Vicinity of 

 Buffalo, Ithaca, New Baltimore, Flatbush. A common species wherever looked for. 



