30 TINEID.E. 



angle ; liindei- inargiu interruptedly dark fuscous ; cilia ochrcous-fus- 

 cous, with some whitish patches. Posterior wings dark greyish-fuscous, 

 with paler cilia. 



Not common ; the perfect insect appears in May and August. 

 The Ira-vre were found by Mr. Thomas Desvignes in fungi on the 

 hornbeams in Epping Porest in June and July. 



11. parasitella, Hub. Tin. 10(1801); Haw.; Treit. ; Step.; 

 Dup. ; Evers. ; H.-S. ; Zell. — {curpiudella, Sta. Cat.) Alis anticis 

 albidis, saturate-fusco marmomtis, punctis quatuor vel quinque cost;ie 

 saturate fuscis, secundo ante, et quarto ])one medium cum puncto dor- 

 sali saturate-fusco connexis, margine postico apiceque costtc saturate- 

 fusco-punctatis ; capilUs ocJirtis. Exp. al. 9 lin. 



Head and face ochreous. Palpi internally pale ochrcous, externally 

 dark fuscous ; tip of the terminal joint entirely pale ochreous. An- 

 temaa3 greyish-fuscous. Anterior wings whitish, cheqwred and spotted 

 with dark fuscous ; along the costa are four or live dark fuscous spots, 

 one at the base, one before the middle connected across the wing with 

 a dark fuscous spot on the middle of the inner margin, one nearly in 

 the middle, one beyond the middle likwise connected with the spot on 

 the middle of the iinier margin, and also with a spot at the anal angle ; 

 the hinder margin and apex of the eosta are spotted with dark fuscous; 

 cilia, at first fuscous, the ends pale ochreous, interrupted by four fus- 

 cous patches. P(wterior wings dark grey, with a slight purple tint, 

 with dark grey cilia. 



Not an uncommon species ; the perfect insect appears in May 

 and June. Tlie kxrva feeds on fungi (and decayed wood ?) during 

 the winter. 



12. Granella, Lim S. N. 537. 259 (1758); W. V.; Fab.; 

 Iliib. Tin. 1G5 ; Haw.; Treit.: Step.; Dup.; Zell. Alis anticis r/ZZiis, 

 maculis numerosis saturate-fuseis nigrisve, quarum septem costte {una 

 basall pllcaui tanyente et supra earn produda, una abbreviata ante, una 

 majore pone medium, maculis quatuor eostaa apicem versus minoribus), 

 macula parva dorsi juxta basim, alteraque majoi-e jilicaj ante mediujn 

 satiu'ate fuscis; caplllls albls, aUndlsve. Exp. al. ■l'^-7 lin. 



Head and face white, or ickitlsh. Palpi white; second joint exter- 

 nally i'uscous. Antenna; fuscous. ^Viiterior wings white, with numerous 

 dark i'uscous ahnost black spots, of wliich seven are on the costa ; the 

 first at the base reaching to the fold and rather produced along it, the 

 second belbre the middle and rather short, the third and largest beyond 

 the middle jjrolouged obliquely aiul reaching half across the wing, the 

 fourth and lli'th are very small, the sixth is generally connected with 

 the seventh which lies in the apex of the wing; on the imier margin 

 near the basi; is a snuiU dark fuscous spot, and a larger one hes on the 

 fold before the middle ; cilia dark fuscous, varied with white. Pos- 

 terior wings grcyibh-l'uscous, with pah; grey cilia. 



