PYRALIDID^. 



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in front with black; anal plate reddish. It spins a 

 ■white silken cocoon covered externally with particles of 

 straw and husks, amongst which it lives. 



E. M. M. xxi. 75. 



Pyralis costalis, Fb. 



fimbrialis, Sc-bifl'. 

 (Plate 2. fig. 5.) 

 Loc. Bristol, York, Mei-ton, Cawston, Horning, 

 Colchester, Hastings, SuflFolk, Southend, Chingford, 

 London. 



In July and August. 



The larva is dull olive-brown ; along each side occur 

 two series of polished light spaces, the upper row with 

 a dark shining central spot emitting a hair, the lower 

 row of scpiarer spaces are more tumid and have two 

 black spots, one, smaller, below the other ; venter paler 

 than dorsum, with a row of dots bearing a fine hair on 

 each side ; legs the same colour as venter, the abdomi- 

 nals with a spot and hair exteriorly. This larva is very 

 variable in colour. It feeds on stacked clover, preferring 

 the lower and moister parts, living in a web. There 

 are several broods during the year. In some States of 

 America it is very injurious to crops. 



Riley's Sixth Annual Report on the Injurious Insects 

 of Missouri, 1874. 



