I, KPIDOPTERA. 
50 G 
developed from worms and chrysalids remaining in the ker- 
nels. The next June, a swarm of moths appeared in the 
jar, in which they continued to propagate three years, suc- 
cessively, producing moths in considerable quantities in June 
and in August, with a smaller number at various inter- 
mediate times, except during the depth of winter. 
These corn-moths, as already stated, were rather larger 
than those from the wheat, the wings of some of them 
expanding nearly six tenths of an inch.* The head is 
smooth, and not tufted. The antennae are thread-like, with 
distinctly marked joints. The feelers are long and curved 
upwards ; the terminal joint naked, acute, and blackish near 
the tip ; the second or middle joint rather shorter and thick- 
er, hairy beneath, and blackish on the outer side ; the basal 
joint very short and hairy. The tongue makes several 
spiral turns, and, when extended, is about half the length 
of the antennae. The body and fore wings are of that tint 
of pale brownish-gray which the French call coffee and 
milk color, and they have the lustre of satin. The fore 
wings are long and narrow, and are pointed at the end ; 
together with their wide fringes, they are more or less 
sprinkled with blackish dots, especially near the tips. The 
hind wings are blackish, with a leaden lustre ; they are 
narrow, and are very suddenly and obliquely contracted to 
a point at the tips ; they are entirely surrounded with a 
blackish fringe, which is wider on the inner margin than 
the wing itself. They are folded lengthwise, when at rest, 
beneath the upper wings. The fore legs arc blackish, and 
the hindmost legs are fringed with long hairs on the inner 
side. The chrysalis is obtuse at each end ; the tail sur- 
rounded with a few minute points, three of which are larger 
than the rest ; the rings of the body are smooth, or not 
* Mr. Curtis, probably through inadvertence, has stated that Butalis cereaklla 
“ expands rather more than ono inch.” Half an inch is the true measure. See 
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. VII. p. 8G. Compare 
Duponchel, Hist. Nat. des L^pidoptfcres de France, Supplement, Tom. IV. pi. 
85, fig. 3. 
