74, 



CRAMBID^. 



Crambus falsellus, Scfiiff. 



abruptetla, Thnb. 



(Plate 8. fig. 3.) 



Loc. Perth, Edinburgh, Fifeshire, Aberdeen, Ply- 

 mouth, Stapletou, Ness, Eraudon, Cawston, Eanworth, 

 Hastings, SuflFolk, Southend, Haslemere, Lewes, Dover, 

 Brighton. 



Occurs in July and August. 



The larva lives in silken tubular galleries in thick 

 moss {Barbula muralis and Anmctangium ciliatum) 

 which grows on rocks, walls, &e. It pupates in its 

 gallery. 



The larva is pale grey and wrinkled, with small 

 dark grey tubercles clothed with fine hair, situated on 

 shining, pale grey, oval spots ; the head is shining 

 brown, paler at its hind margin; dorsal plate yellowish 

 grey, sometimes brownish, and shining ; anal plate 

 polished, of a darker shade of the ground-colour ; spira- 

 cles small and black ; legs and abdominal surface paler 

 than the back. Tr. 



Crambus verellus, Zinck. 

 (Plate 8. fig. 4.) 

 Loc. Folkestone, Cambridge. 



Occurs in July and August. 



It differs from falsellus iu the absence of a white 

 streak below the costa and its general darker appearance. 



The larva, according to A. Schmid, feeds iu moss on 

 old fruit-trees. 



