MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF JTTAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS — CLARKE 103 



To the outside of the case, small pieces of twigs and the thick 

 leaves of the food plant are attached. These fragments are distrib- 

 uted unevenly over the surface in an attractive manner, the grayish- 

 white pieces of leaves contrasting with the darker body of the bag. 



The single specimen was collected on: Masatierra: Alto Pangal, 

 450 m. (Feb. 8, 1952). 



Food plant: Pernettya rigida (Bert.) DC. 



Family Tineidae 



(Jenus Monopis Hiibner 

 Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens) 



Tinea crocicapitella Clemens, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1859, p. 258. 



Distribution: Masatierra: Bahia Cumberland, 3 cfcf (Feb. 17, 1951, 

 Mar. 6, 1955, Mar. 10, 1955). 



Another common, widely distributed insect which we can expect to 

 find in almost any human habitation. Since it also attacks fur of 

 dead animals, and other animal matter in the wild state, its dis- 

 tribution is practically imlimited. 



Genus Trichophaga Ragonot 

 Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus) 



Phalaena Tinea tapetzella LinDaeus, 1758, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 536. 



Distribution: Masafuera: Quebrada de las Vacas, 9 (Jan. 17, 1952). 

 The single female recorded above is the only specimen I have seen 

 from the islands. 



Genus Lindera Blanchard 



Lindera tessellatella Blanchard 



Lindera tessellatella Blanchard, 1852, in Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile, 

 Zoologia, vol. 7, p. 106. 



Type: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 



Type locality: Las Cordilleras de Elqui, Chile. 



Distribution: Masatierra: Bahia Cumberland, cf , 6 99 (February 

 to March dates 1951, 1955); Masafuera: Quebrada de las Casas, 

 2crcr, 9 (Jan. 23 to Feb. 19, 1955; female marked "en habitaclon") • 



Although the species was described from Chile it is now recorded 

 from such widely separated places as California, Montana, Mexico, 

 Fiji Islands, Australia, and New Zealand. 



