386 PYKAI.IDINA [ai-iiomia 



lines darker, dentate ; black discal elongate dots before and 

 beyond middle, in 3 very near costa, second in $ round, 

 larger. Hindwings pale fuscous, towards apex darker. 



Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; Europe, N. America ; 

 6-8. Larva ochreous-grey-wbitish ; bead and plate of 2 brown : 

 in silken galleries on fibrous material of nests of wasps, and 

 under decayed bark ; 8-10. 



5. Gallekia, F. 



Face with strong projecting ridge of scales. Labial palpi in 

 $ moderate, subascending, terminal joint curved inwards, 

 naked, flattened, pointed, in ? moderately long, porrected, 

 with appressed scales. Forewings : cell in <J enlarged, open, 

 4 and 5 approximated. Hindwings: 4 and 5 stalked, some- 

 times coincident, 7 anastomosing shortly with 8. 



Also includes one species only. Imago with forewings 

 suboblong, costa in $ strongly, in <j? moderately arched, 

 termen with a triangular submedian projection, stronger in <$ . 



1. G. mellonella, L. (cereana, L.) 28-38 mm. Forewings 

 brown, suft'usedly irrorated with ashy-whitish, especially on 

 costal half towards base, and sprinkled with black, dorsal area 

 much mixed with whitish-ochreous or ferruginous ; some tufts 

 of raised scales on fold ; first and second lines angulated, faint, 

 towards dorsum marked with short blackish dashes on veins 

 and small dorsal spots, first sometimes almost obsolete. 

 Hindwings in c? pale fuscous, becoming dark posteriorly, in ? 

 fuscous-whitish, terminally fuscous. 



England to York, Ireland, local ; Europe, WC. Asia to N. 

 Persia, N. America, Africa, Australia, spread by artificial 

 means ; 7-10. Larva pale dull grey ; head and plate of 2 dark 

 reddish-brown : in old honeycombs in beehives ; 5-8. 



3. CRAMBIDAE. 



Ocelli usually developed. Labial palpi very long, straight, 

 porrected, loosely rough-scaled, attenuated forwards. Maxillary 

 palpi well developed, strongly triangular. Forewings : lb 

 simple or obsoletely furcate, 4 and 5 closely approximated 

 or stalked, 7 separate or out of 8, 8 and 9 rarely coincident. 

 Hindwings with defined pecten of hairs on lower margin of cell, 

 4 and 5 connate or stalked or coincident, 7 out of 6 near 

 origin or approximated only, anastomosing with 8. 



A considerable family, more especially characteristic of 



