MR. A. W. SCOTT ON AN OTO-VIVIPAHOUS MOTH. 271 



portion, or ground colour, being silvery white. The inferior wings 

 are pale brown glossed over with a golden tint ; a deep marginal 

 fringe surrounds ail the wings. Head tufted in front with white ; 

 thorax brownish, having a white spot on the centre of the collar ; 

 abdomen and legs pale shining brown. 



The under surface of the insect, pale golden brown, clouded with 

 darker on the superior wdngs. 



The male unknown to us. 



Wings deflexed in repose. 



MaccillcB Very small, almost rudimentary. 



Maxillary palpi (Figs. 4 and 4) distinct, separated, composed 

 apparently of several joints, and bending down 

 in front of the mouth, which they almost con- 

 ceal ; partly clothed with scales. 



Labial palpi. . . (Figs. 5, 5, and 6, divested of hair) large 

 divergent, porrected forwards and slightly 

 upwards ; 3-jointed, the middle joint being 

 the longest, the whole covered with scales 

 and with a few setss on the 2nd joint. 



Antennce ..... (Fig. 7) long, filiform, scaly. 



Legs Differ greatly in size, the tibiae and tarsi of 



anterior pairs (Fig. 8) being only about equal 

 in length to the tarsi of the 2nd pairs (Fig. 9), 

 which again bear the same relative proportion 

 to the posterior pairs (Fig. 10), which are large 

 and powerful. 2nd pair with two, and pos- 

 terior with four large spurs, at apex of tibiae, 

 which is covered with longish hairs. Tarsi 

 5-jointed, slender, scaly. 



"We have retained in this instance the generic name of Tinea, as 

 our Moth agrees in all its characteristics with that genus, with the 

 exception of the labial palpi being larger than usual, and that our 

 insect is ovo- viviparous. As we failed in afi'ording proper nourish- 

 ment to the larvae, we think it probable that they exist in their 

 natural state upon decaying animal or vegetable matter, as found to 

 be the case with the Sarcophaga carna'na (or common Blow-fly), and 

 some others, which produce their young in a living state. 



