24 TIKEID.E. 



sex-art iculati. Palpi labiales artlculo secundo infra fasciculato-piloso, 

 liltimo tenni adscmdente. Ilaustelluin breve. Ate auteriores : e 

 cellula discoidali vena3 4 in marginem costalem prodeuut. 

 Head above and in front hairy. Ocelli none. Antennre shorter 



than the anterior wings, in the ^ either pectinated or with tnfts of 



fine hairs (the latter is the case in the only British species known). 



Maxillary palpi folded, six-jointed. Lalnal palj)! with tlie second joifit 



heneatlt with a tuft of hair, third joint dender, erect. Tongue short. 



Wings oblong, with rather short cilia. From the discoidal cell of the 



anterior wings four veins run to the hinder margin. 



In tins genus occur some of tlie largest species of Tinelna ; the 



only one yet detected in the country is however of moderate size. 



The larvffi feed in fungi. 



1. Boleti, Fab. E. 8. iii. 2. 2G (171)4) ; Zell. E. Z. 1S4(). p. 178. 

 —3Iedietta,0ch.; Treit. ; Step.; Curt. B. E. fo. 591 ; li.-S.—Chora- 

 ffetla, W. V. ? Alls anticis dilute ochreis fusco-nebulosis saturate fusco- 

 punctatis, nebula basali costai plicam taugente, macula costali ei con- 

 tigua, macula costali pone medium, cum altera majore in medio dorsi 

 fere connexa, maculisque duabus parvis costalibus apicem versus fus- 

 cis, punctis quatuor oblongis disci marginem posticum versus satu- 

 rate fuscis : citiis saturate fascis, niucnlis quatuor dilute ochreis. Exp. 

 al. 12 lin. 



Head and face ochreous, mixed with fuscous. Palpi pale ochrcous, 

 mixed with fuscous ; terminal joint pale ochreous, with a ring at the 

 base and another before the apex, dark fuscous. Autenntc fuscous. 

 Anterior wings pale ochreous, clouded with fuscous and spotted with 

 dark fuscous ; at the base of the costa is a large fuscous cloud 

 reaching to the fold, immediately beyond it is a fuscous blotch on the 

 costa, and beyond the middle is another fuscous blotch on the costa, 

 which almost app{;ars connected with a large fuscous blotch on the 

 middle of the inner margin ; on the costa towards the apex are two 

 small fuscous s])ots, and on the disc before the hinder margin are four 

 oblong dark fuscous spots placed on the nervurcs ; cilia dark fuscous, 

 with four pale ochreous patches ; one on the costa, one in the middle, 

 and one at the bottom of the hinder margin, and the fourth at the anal 

 angle. Posterior wings rather dark fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Not connnon ; occasionally found in the south of England. 

 The larva feeds in fungi. Tlie perfect insect a])pears in July. 



Genus VIl. TINEA. W-X- lO 



a.-c- 



TiNF.A, Zcll. L. E. vi. 84 et 100 (1852); Step.; Curt.; haiv.— Tinea 

 })., Haw. ; Hup. — Ti)iea et Scardia p., Trcit. ; Z(,'tt. 



Caput superne ei in fronte hirsutum. Ocelli luilli. Antennae eras- 



