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591. 

 EUPLOCAMUS MEDIELLUS. 



The Boletus Tinea. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. 



Type of the Genus, Tinea mediellus Hilb. 

 EuPLocAMus Lat., Cvrt. — Phycls Och. — Scardia Treit. — Tinea Hlib. 

 AntenncB inserted close to the eyes, short, setaceous, composed 

 of numerous joints, each producing a small fascicle of fine hairs 

 on each side in the male (1); simple in the female. 

 MaxillcB very much shorter than the labial palpi, spiral and com- 

 posed of 2 fiat and pubescent lobes (3). Palpi small, elongated 

 and curved downward, not longer than the maxilla;, scaly and 

 6-jointed, basal joint short and stout, 2nd a little longer but 

 linear, 3rd about the same length, forming a tassel of scales, 

 4th twice and 5th thrice as long, 6th as long as the 2nd, lan- 

 ceolate (3 a). 



Labial palpi rather long, recurved and bowed outward (4); tri- 



articulate, basal joint elongated and clavate, 2nd the longest, 



thickly clothed with scales, 3rd slender and nearly as long as 



the 2nd, but clothed only with short scales (4 a). 



Head subovate, the croivn and forehead tufted with curved scales : eyes 



small, lateral and globose (7 *, 7 a front view of the head). Thorax 



subglobose. Abdomen rather slender and linear, the apex conical 



in the female. Wings, very much dejlexed in repose ; superior very 



long, sublanceolated, the apex rounded, the costa slightly arched : 



inferior rather broader and subovate : cilia moderate. Legs, anterior 



very short, hinder very long, ititermediate tibise ivith very long spurs 



at the apex, posterior stout and hairy, with 2 pair of long spurs, one 



pair at the middle : tarsi 5 -jointed, hinder elongated, the basal joint 



long : claws and pulvilli very minute. 



haxvsd fleshy with a few hairs, and a horny shield behind the head; 



furnished tvith 6 pectoral 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Hllb. 



Mediellus Hub. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1032. 3. 



Ochreous, silky ; superior wings dotted with white and black, 

 a square brown spot on the costa before and another beyond the 

 middle, forming a triangle with one on the interior margin, 

 which is more or less united with the latter and striped with 

 black, there is a series of black streaks between the nervures, 

 arranged obliquely from the apex, each having a white dot ex- 

 ternally ; cilia maculated with brown ; inferior wings fuscous, 

 with a yellow and purple tinge. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Robertson, the Author, 8(C. 



The Euplocami are the giants of this pygmy race : the Thiea 

 Boletella figured by Hiibner measuring upwards of two inches 



