26 tineid.t;. 



period, and are on several occasions mentioniid in Scripture. 

 St. James, in his (ieneral Epistle, cliap. v. ver. 2, says "?/o/'r//ar- 

 menfs are nwtli-eaten," thus showing a similarity of habit, pro- 

 bably arising from the same species as those we still suiter from. 

 Of this genus we have thirty-one species in this country, which 

 may be arranged in the following table (many others occur on the 

 continent). 



a. Anterior wings with a hyaline spot on the disc. Species 1-4. 

 a a. Anterior wings with no hyaline spot on the disc. 



b. Anterior wings dark, with large whitish spots on the costa and 

 inner margin. 



c. Large-sized species. Species 5. 



c c. Small-sized species. Species 17. 

 (j h. Anterior wings with the basal half black, apical half wliitisli. 



S})ecies G. 

 hhh. Anterior wings whitish, with an angulatcd black fascia. Sp. 7. 

 h b h h. Anterior wings pale, with a dark streak or streaks from the 



base. Species 8 and 9. 

 b b b b b. Anterior wings with a motthd appearance. Species 10-16. 

 b b b b b b. Anterior wings nearly unicolorous, with a i'i'<N dark spots 



on the disc. Species 18-23. 

 b b b b b b b. Anterior wings ochreous. 



d. Unicolorous. Species 24 and 31. 



d d. With a dark spot at the anal angle. Species 27. 



d d d. With numerous marginal dark spots. Species 26. 

 b b b b h b b b. Anterior wings unicolorous, violet-brown. Sp. 25. 

 b b b b b b b b b. Anterior wings dark, with pale fascire or transverse 



spots. Small species. Species 28-30. 



1. imella, lliib. 3U7 (1816); Zcll. ; Dup. ; H.-S. Alls anticis 

 nitidis tuscis, squamis s})arsis dilute ochreis, costa ipsa apicein versus 

 dilute oclirea, macula disci fere in medio pallida. Exp. al. 6j lin. 



Head and face ochreous. I'alpi pale ochreous. Antennre fuscous. 

 Anterior wings shining fuscous, with a few pale ochreous scales, the 

 extreme costa from before the middle to near the apex pale ochreous ; on 

 the disc nearly in the middle is a snudl pale spot ; cilia fuscous, at the 

 anal angle pale ochreous. Posterior wings pale greyish-fuscous, with 

 greyish-ochrcous cilia. 



A scarce species ; appearing in June and August. 



2. ferruginella, Iliib. 348 (181 G); Treit. ; Dup.; 7.v\\.—splcn- 

 della, Hiib. — nstella^ Haw.; Step. — ohviella, VV. Y.? — niendicella, Hiil).? 

 A lis anticis saturate fuscis, vix purpurasccnte tinctis, posticc griseo- 

 oeliri'o irroratis, dorso dilute ochreo, maeula disci, [)aullo post medium, 

 albida. Kxp. al. 5^ lin. 



Head and face pale ochreous. Palpi pale greyish-ochrcous. An- 

 femicC dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark fuscous, with a shght pur- 



