TIXEID.E. TIKKA. 31-3 



Rather variable in tint : in some examples tlie interior pale streak becomes 

 rather obscure, when the wing may be said to be asliy, with a central longi- 

 tudinal black streak, wavtul interiorly. 

 Abuiulant in j^ardcns and woods, during the greater portion of tlic 



smnnier, witliin the metropolitan district; also found in Dcvoniihirc, 



the New Forest, Scotland, near Dover, &c. 



Genus CCCLXXV. — Tinea Auctorum. 



I'a/pi lour ; maxillary concealed; labial straight, porrected horizontally, or 

 dellexed, ratlier short and slender, clothed with scales, longest at the base, 

 the terminal joint slender and acute: maxUUv very sliort. Aiitcnmv ihoxl 

 and slender, simple in the females, slightly pubescent witliin in the males: 

 head small, with a tuft of elongate scales, forming a crest : eyes moderate, 

 globose: thorax not crested: wings incumbent tluring repose; anterior 

 elongate-linear, with an oily splendour, and of dingy hues; cilia short ; 

 posterior small, sublanccolatc, with shortish cilia : body short and slender, 

 obtuse in the males, very acute and prolonged at the apex in the females ; 

 posterior legs long, with incrassated tibias Larvce reside in a case, formed 

 of their food, which consists of woollen and similar substances. 



The insects of this genus, which arc commonly known by the 

 name of " Clothes' Moths,'''' have the wings of a very glossy texture, 

 and seemingly greasy or oily ; they are usually of plain colours, 

 with whitish cilia ; the head is very highly crested in front, the palpi 

 arc four in number, the labial ones being short, straight, and ratlier 

 depending; the larv;e arc extremely destructive to woollen cloths 

 and similar materials, as they not only feed upon the animal matter 

 contained therein, but they construct their cocoon of its substance, 

 gradually enlarging it as they increase in size ; so that if a young 

 larva be placed upon black cloth, and then successively removed to 

 that of different colours, the cocoon becomes variegated with similar 

 colours. 



Sp. 1. tapetzella. Alis anticis basi nigris, apice albisfusco undatis punctiique 

 duobus atris, capite niveo. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 10 lin.) 



Ph. Ti. tapetzella. Linne.-^Steph. Catal. ii. 216. No. 753] — EuiJiiosis, 

 Hubncr. 



Thorax black, base of the anterior wings the same, after one tliird of their 

 length, with darker atoms; the other two-thirds snowy-white, with a tint 

 of ochro and some brownish clouds; with two minute deep black dots near 

 the apex, and on the tip itself a fuscous streak ; posttrior wings ashy, with 

 whiiish cilia; head snow-white. 



