790 TINEINA [tinea 



Britain to Perth, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, WC. Asia to 

 Turkestan, N. America; 6-8. Larva yellowish -white ; head 

 pale brown : in fungi and decayed wood ; 7, 9-4. 



(T. cochylidella, Stt., founded on a specimen taken 40 years 

 ago and still unique, seems hardly entitled to rank as a British 

 species ; it is not known in Europe, and if really a distinct 

 species, may have been accidentally imported.) 



11. T. albipunctella, 7/»'. 10-12 mm. Head whitish. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous ; about five small costal and three dorsal 

 spots, two above dorsum before middle and before tornus, and 

 one in disc posteriorly whitish. Hindwings dark grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; Sweden ; 6, 7. Larva in 

 decayed sticks ; 4, 5. 



12. T. caprimulgella, HS. 9-11 mm. Head ochreous-yellow- 

 ish. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous ; a spot on base of dorsum, 

 an indistinct fascia before middle, two or three posterior costal 

 spots, and one on tornus yellow-whitish. Hindwings purplish- 

 fuscous. 



Middlesex, local ; France, Germany ; 7. Larva in decayed 

 wood ; 5. 



13. T. confusella, HS. 7-8 mm. Head whitish, at back of 

 crown dark fuscous. Forewings dark fuscous ; a basal spot, 

 two fasciae before and beyond middle, and a costal spot before 

 apex formed of whitish irroration. Hindwings grey. 



Lancashire, E. Ireland, on rocks, local ; Austria, Dalmatia ; 

 7, 8. Larva probably on lichens. 



14. T. nigripunctella, Hw. 9-10 mm. Head ochreous-whit- 

 ish. Forewings ochreous- whitish, with a few dark fuscous 

 scales ; an oblique spot on base of costa reaching fold, a thick 

 median fascia, a less defined fascia at f, and some undefined 

 terminal marks fuscous irrorated with blackish. Hindwings 

 grey. 



England to York, in outbuildings, local ; C. Europe, N. 

 Africa ; 7, 8. 



15. T. angustipennis, //*S'. 13-14 mm. Head ochi-eous- 

 yellow. Forewings narrow, ochreous-brown, mixed and strigu- 

 lated with darker; several whitish costal and dorsal dots; 

 obscure somewhat darker fasciae before and beyond middle ; 

 two darker scale-tufts transversely placed at f, surrounded by 

 some whitish scales. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous. 



Middlesex, rare and local ; Holland, Germany ; 5, 8. Larva 

 said to feed in decayed wood. 



16. T. misella, Z. 12-16 mm. Head ferruc-inous-brown. 



