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This species oceurs usually amongst Hieracium pilo- 

 sella on rough ground in June and July. It is very 

 variable in colour. 



The larva feeds in May on the lower leaves of 

 Helianthemum vulyare and Artemisia campestris, in- 

 habiting a tubular passage. It occurs in sandy places. 



A. Schraid. 



GALLERID^. 



Galleria mellonella, L. 



cereana, L. 



(Plate 13. fig. 2.) 



Loc. Devon, Leeds, Norwich, Thetford, Wootton, 

 Hastings, Suffolk, Ireland, Folkestone, Deal. 



Common in July and August. 



The larva feeds on the wax in beehives. It pupates 

 in a tough cocoon. 



The ground-colour of the larva is dirty white with 

 very pale tubercles ; head small, heart-shaped, darker 

 than the ground-colour j plate on the second segment 

 honey-coloured. Trcit. 



Aphomia sociella, L. 



2 colonclla, L. 



(Plate 13. fig. 3.) 



Loc. Scotland (common), Norfolk, Plymouth, Lam- 

 lash, St. Thomas, Bristol, Wallasey, Burton, Pud- 

 dingtou, Ness, Colwyn, Brandon, Goole, Hastings, 



