pyralis

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1. •
   A species of firefly, Photinus pyralis

   • If you have an opportunity to experiment with Photinus pyralis, try the following: Start a male toward you by answering him properly, that is, as a pyralis female would answer him, once or twice. — 1968
2. •
   A moth of the genus Pyralis.

   • This once happened in a hemp field destroyed by a pyralis, described by me in a special memoir. — 1850