4 BULLETIN 363, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
spots on the sides of the apical joint. Antennze with white and fuscous annulations; 
the basal joint elongate, chestnut brown. Fore-wings chestnut-brown, slightly 
shaded with fuscous towards the costal margin; a whitish ochreous streak at the base of 
“the dorsal margin, followed by two or three other smaller ones along the dorsal margin 
(in some specimens these are obsolete); above the dorsal margin are two oblique 
whitish ochreous streaks, the first before the middle, the second before the anal | 
angle. A similar streak from the costal margin immediately before the apex is out- 
wardly margined by a streak of black scales, the apex and apical margin being alse 
black; there is also a faint fuscous streak running downwards through the cilia below 
the apex. On the cell are two elongate patches of black scales, one immediately 
before the middle of the wing, the other halfway between this and the base. Fringes 
erey, with a slight yellowish tinge. Hind wings pale greyish. Hind tibie greyish 
white, outwardly fuscous; hind tarsi whitish, with a wide fuscous band followed by 
two fuscous spots on their outer sides. Expanse 11 millim. 
Fig. 2.—The pink corn-worm: Moth, showing head covered with scales; below, 
at left, head showing eyes at side; below, at right, hind leg. Moth much en- 
larged, head and leg more enlarged. (Original.) 
THE EGG. 
The eggs of this species resemble considerably those of the Angou- 
mois grain moth (Svtotroga cerealeila). They have been found 
deposited on dry corn husks and in such locations are much flat- 
tened on the surface, differing in this respect from those of Sitotroga. 
The egg may be described as follows: 
Flattened oval; widest near the middle; truncate at one end and narrowed at the 
other, with the surface strongly wrinkled, forming coarse, irregular, ridgelike longi- 
tudinal. lines. As would naturally be expected in a species so much smaller than 
the Angoumois moth the egg is much smaller, and instead of being red it is pearly 
white throughout with a perceptible iridescence. 
Measurement: Length, 0.4 mm.; width, 0.1 mm. 
The eggs are deposited singly or in groups up to three or four. 
Since they are nearly colorless, not pinkish like those of the Angou- 
mois moth, they are quite difficult to locate with the unaided eye. 
The egg is illustrated by figures 3 and 4. 
