12 PYIIALIDID^. 



Pyralis glaucinalis, L. 



nitidalis, Fb., lib. 



(Plate 2. fig. 7.) 



Log. Marlborough, Stapleton, Clifton, Askham Bog, 

 Scarborough, Wakefield, Norfolk, Colchester, Hastings, 

 Suffolk, Southend, Deal, Bromley, Wieklow, Carring- 

 ton Moss. 



In June, July, and August. 



The larva feeds in the " uest-like bunches of twigs " 

 which grow on birch trees, also old thatch and the pith 

 of old raspberry-canes. The ground-colour is dark 

 bronzy green, becomiug paler along the spiracles, belly, 

 and legs; the head and the second and thirteenth 

 segments are also paler ; a fine black undulating line 

 runs along under the spiracles, which are inconspicuous. 

 It lives in a gallery, and s^nns a silken cocoon in April. 



E.M. M. vi. 111. 



Pyralis farinalis, L. 



(Plate 2. fig. G.) 



Loc. Scotland (as far north as Aberdeen), Plymouth, 

 Devonshire, Bristol, New Ferry, Bradford, Bramham, 

 Huddcrsfield, Leeds, Wakefield, York, Norfolk, Col- 

 chester, Hastings, Suffolk, Bromley, Pembroke, Ireland, 



Common everywhere from June to October about 

 houses. 



The larva is bone-white, becoming whiter towards 

 the ventral surface ; head shining chestnut-brown ; 

 mouth blackish ; second segment pale brown ; anal 

 plate yellowish brown ; there is a blackish tinge over the 



