586 William T. M. Forbes 



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 denned 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 LatreiUe 

 (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. Keniform 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, Ehinebeck. 



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. EYP80PTGIA Hiibner 

 (Pyralis, in part) 



Like the typical group, of Pyralis, except for the longer stalking of R 4 and R 3 

 (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. 



