CRAMBID^. 85 



black, traversed by a grey line ; dorsal line dark brown ; 

 tubereles dark brown and glossy; anal plate brown; 

 spiracles black. E. M. M. xv. 20G. 



Cramlbus culmellus, L. 



striyclla, l''b. 



(Plate 9. fig. 12.) 



Loc. Scotland (abundant), Shetland, Hebrides, 

 liugby, Plymouth, Devon, Bristol, Chester, Yorkshire, 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Hastings, Deal, Folkestone, Gla- 

 morgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, Ireland. 



Occurs everywhere in fields from June to August. 



The larva lives in upright silken tubes among the 

 tufts of grass on which it feeds {Festuca duriuscula &c.) 

 and forms a cocoon in its tube for pupation. 



The ground-colour of the larva is pale flesh-colour ; 

 the head, plates, and spots are of a liglit glossy cinna- 

 mon ; the spots arc less conspicuous than in most of 

 the genus ; each tubercular spot bears two dark brown 

 dots furnished with haii's ; spiracles black. 



E. M. M. .Kvii. 91. 



Crambus chrysonuchellus, Scop. 



campelta, lib. 



(Plate 9. fig. 13.) 



Loc. Clifton, Henbury, Merton, Thetford, Brandon, 

 Deal, Bo.K Hill. 



Occurs in May and June. Fairly common in the 

 south of England. 



