22 PYRALIDIDili. 



reddish brown; dorsal line dark olive-drab, bordered 

 with paler ; on each side of the back is a row of large, 

 round, polished, plate-like, black marks, encircled with 

 pale drab ; there is also a pale whitish waved stripe 

 below the spiracles, which are black encircled with 

 grey; ventral surface dark olive. The larva forms a 

 tough white cocoon amongst its food-plant. 



E. M. M. xiv. 161. 



Odontia dentalis, Schiff. 

 (Plate 3. fig. 4.) 

 Loc. Tavistock, Hastings, Folkestone, Deal. 



This species occurs in July and August. 



The larva feeds on the stems and leaf-stalks of Echium 

 vulyare (viper's bugloss). It has the appearance of a 

 full-fed maggot. On the second segment is a broad 

 dorsal plate, on each side of which are two scabrous 

 spots ; there is another plate on the thii'teenth segment. 

 The ground-colour is yellowish white, covered with 

 black tubercles, each emitting a bristle ; colour of head 

 and plates black. It pupates between leaves of its 

 food-plant spun together. Ent. iv. 159. 



Pyrausta aurata, Scup. 



punicealis, Schiff. 



(Plate 2. fig. 11.) 



Loc. Scotland, Coombe, Portishead, Bramham, 

 Huddersficld, Richmond (York.), Sheffield, York, Col- 

 chester, Hastings, Suffolk, Folkestone, Deal, Isle of 

 Wight, Ireland. 



