500 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



TINEA PELLIONELLA. 



Phalcena {Thmi) pcUioneUa, Lion. Syst. Nat. 10 Ed. p. 536, xii. ed. p. 888 (1767). 



Tinea pellioneUa, Midler, Faun. Ins. Frid. p. 57 (1764). Fabr. Ent. Sjst. p. 659 (1775) Treitschke. 



Stephens, III. Haust. IV. p. 345(1834). Zeller, Isis, 1838, p. 708. Stainton, Ins. Brit. Tineina, 



p. 33 (1854). 



" Forewings greyisli-oclareous, with three rather obsolete fuscous s}3ots, one on 

 the disc, one rather beyond it on the fokl before the middle, the other on the disc 

 beyond the middle ; there is sometimes a faint dark spot on the inner margin near the 

 base; cilia unicolorous, pale greyish-ochreous : hind wings whitish-grey, with whitish- 

 ochreous cilia. Head and face ochreous, slightly mixed with fuscous ; palpi and 

 antennae fuscous. (Stainton.) 



Expanse 5| to 6^ lines." 



TINEA GLABRELLA. 

 Tinea glabrella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 478 (1863). 



" Female. yEneous fawn-colour, shining. Wings moderately broad, irridescent 

 beneath ; fringe with four blackish lines : forewiugs rounded at the tips, exterior border 

 very oblique. Head pale ochraceous, pubescent ; j)alpi brown, porrect, not extending 

 beyond the head, third joint conical, minute; antennae slender, rather shorter than 

 the forewings ; legs stout, smooth. 



Expanse 12 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TINEA RECEPTELLA. 



Tinea recepteUa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 479 (1863). 



" Male. Ferruginous. Forewings acute, subfalcate, with black speckles, some 

 of which are contiguous and form four small discal patches ; costa hardly convex ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Under.side and hind wings brown, tinged with purple. 

 Head and palpi pilose ; palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint very minute ; antennce very slender. 



Expanse 10 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TINEA IMPRESSELLA. 



Tinea impressella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xxviii. p. 479 (1863). 



" Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Forewings narrow, shghtly acute, with 

 an asneous tinge ; a small paler impressed patch in the middle of the disc ; exterior 

 border almost straight, very oblique : hindwings cinereous. Head lanuginous, snow- 

 white ; palpi porrect, slightly deflexed, rather shorter than the breadth of the head, 

 third joint acute, minute ; antennas rather stout. 



Expanse 7 lines." 



Ceylon. 



