54 LEPIDOPTERA. 



them covered with cocoons, most of which were empty. 

 The moths were of this species, and E. passulella " 

 {vaMritdUC). 



It probably has no natural outdoor range in these Islands. 

 It has been found in abundance' in warehouses in London, 

 Liverpool, Norwich and elsewhere, and has been noticed in 

 Hants, Dorset and Cambridgeshire. 



Abroad it seems to be common throughout Southern and 

 Central Europe, Syria, Northern Africa, with the Canaries ; 

 also in North America and Australia. 



o. E.kuhniella,^c'//. — Expanse f to 1 inch (19-25 mm.). 

 Fore wings long, verjr narrow at the base ; slate-grey ; first 

 line dark grey ; angulated ; from this on the dorsal margin 

 a faint dark slate-grey line passes obliquely through the 

 wing to near the ape.x. Hind wings white. 



Antennae of the male simple, slender, but little bent, black- 

 brown ; palpi small, upturned, dark grey ; head and thorax 

 whitish-grey , the latter narrow and rather weak ; abdomen 

 rather slender, shining grey, the segments edged with white. 

 Fore wings long, the base especially narrow, but widening 

 before the middle, and thence of even width ; costa geutly 

 arched ; apex bluntly'* rounded, almost angulated ; hind 

 margin rounded but short ; colour light slate-grev : first 

 line darker slate, erect, much indented, edged inwardly by a 

 faintly paler line ; second line placed far back, very erect, 

 but only an almost imperceptible series of grey cloudj- 

 dashes ; discal spot indicated by two faint dark grej- dots 

 placed one over the other ; right across them a faint, oblique, 

 dark grey line passes from the dorsal margin at the first line 

 to the second at the costa ; hind marginal area faintly 

 dashed with dark grey and edged with black dots ; cilia 

 slate-grey. Hind wings ample, produced to a point at the 

 apex, hardly rounded behind ; silky white, very faintly edged 

 ■with brown ; cilia white. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining, smoky grey-brown ; 



