TINEIDJE. 501 



TINEA FISSELLA. 



Tinea fisscUa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. 15. M. xxviii. p. 480 (18G3). 



" Female. Pale yellow. Forewings hardly acute, costa and exterior half brown ; 

 a brown spot contiguous to the oblique outline of the yellow part : hindwings cinereous. 

 Head pubescent ; palpi diverging, shorter than the breadth of the head ; antennas 

 rather stout ; thorax brown. 



Expanse 5 to 6 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TINEA AMANDATELLA. 



Tinea amandatella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 480 (1863). 



" Male. Cinereous. Forewings nai-row, rounded at the tips, thickly blackish- 

 speckled ; with a whitish oblong semihyaline discal spot ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Head whitish, lanuginous above ; palpi smooth, slender, diverging, not 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than second ; 

 antennae smooth, more than half length of the wings ; abdomen extending very much 

 beyond the hindwings ; legs smooth. 



Expanse 6 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TINEA PARVULELLA. 



Tinea parvulella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 4S1 (1863). 



" Male. Pale cinereous. Forewings narrow, slightly rounded at the tips ; with 

 some small feneous streaklets and with an aqueous subapical patch ; fringe long ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Head somewhat lanuginous above ; palpi slightly 

 diverging, a little shorter than the breadth of the head, third joint elongate-conical, 

 minute ; antennae very minutely pubescent, about half length of the forewings ; legs 

 smooth. 



Expanse ?>\ lines." 



Ceylon. 



TINEA INCONCISELLA. 



Tinea inconcisella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxx. p. 1004 (1864). 



" Female. Pale dull ochraceous. Forewings narrow, somewhat rough ; hardly 

 acute ; with many minute transverse ferruginous streaks ; several black scales, some 

 of which form three dots, one basal, the other two iu the disc before the middle, one 

 of them near the interior border : hindwings pale cinereous. Palpi hardly ascending, 

 extending a little beyond the head, second joint pilose, third lanceolate, much shorter 

 than second ; abdomen pale cinereous, extending much beyond the hindwings ; 

 oviduct exserted ; antennae rather stout; thorax very thickly black speckled. 



Expanse 8 lines." 



Ceylon. 



