Ibl' (1E1,ECIIIT).7C. 



being an extremely active insect, Hying abont our rooms at niglit; 

 getting into the inilk (thence called lacteellii), and in the daytime 

 sitting in the windows (whence the w^xwfi, feaedrdla) ; it is re- 

 lentlessly pursued by careful housekeepers as a clotlia-nioth, its 

 conspicuous white head causing it to be easily observed ; whilst 

 the true culprits, Tinea pdlloiudla and hhelUeUa, remain unhurt 

 in their places of concealment. The larva of E.fenestrcUa feeds 

 on various dry goods, peas, seeds, etc., and, according to Madame 

 Lieiiig, even on salt. I am not auai'i^ that it attacks clothes of 

 any kind; the notices in ])rcvious writers to that eilect having 

 been copied from Liuua'us, who, if this be his .■mrc'dcUa, must 

 have fallen into some similar error, as lie made with respect to 

 his vesihiiidlit. 



rpC-T7". 1. fenestrella. Scop. F. C. 353. G5:; (17<)3).— /r/c.W/r/, \V. Y. — 



g_ /^/rAW/c/, TjiciUL;-. — /jV/////;/i"//r/, lliib. Tin. 30. 148 ; Ti'dt. ; Diip. — w/r- 



cilella, Lii).? .Step.? (Au't. : — stircilcii. Haw.? — doiUedkcUa, Scop.? 



Alis anticis griscis fusco-ucbulosis, basi alba, punctis disci saturate fiis- 



cis. Exp. al. 7i-9 liu. 



Head and face white. Pal|)i v/liite ; tcniiinal joint with a ring at 

 the base and another betbre the apex, black. .\uteun;o fuscous. An- 

 terior wings dirty grey, clouded with fuscous, witli the extreme base 

 wliite ; beyond is a moderately broad fusi^ous fascia, a fuscous blotch 

 is on tlie costa l)cyouil the midcMc, a smaller one is above tlie anal angle, 

 and another lies in the apex of the wing, pi'cceded by an indistinct ob- 

 lique wliitish fascia; a dark fuscous spot on the disc, and one beyond it 

 on the fold are before the middle of the wing, two hunger tku'k fuscous 

 spots are on the disc beyond the middle; the hinder margin and apex 

 of the costa are spotted with whitish-grey; ciba greyish-fuscous. I'os- 

 terior wings whitish-gre_y, with paler cilia. 



Abundant in houses throughout the year; and during snmmer, 

 on the trunks of trees near houses. The Ln-va may likewise be 

 found throughout the year, feeding on various dry goods. 



Genus XXIV. BHTALIS. i?^V ^1'"" 



JUiTAMs, Trelt. K. S. ix. 3. lOS (IS.'J.']). yl.'sli/a(/es \)., Step. BiUalis 

 p., Dnp. (KrojiJinra p., Zell. O.vijU-lia p. et (udatillihi p., Hid). 



('aput d)lnHiuii, rclrdchnii,, s(punuis appressis. Ocelli ludli. Autemia'! 

 ari'icidh coiijdlix, (^ jjubcscente-ciiiata;, vix sub apicem scrrulata3. 

 HaustelUun mcdiocn;, s(pianiatum. f'alpi hrt'c'inaciili, adsecndentes, 

 subcompressi, acunn'nati. Ahe elongata^, anteriores mhius pci/icil/o 

 basali ; ])ostcrior(\s acuminala;; auleriorcs: infra venam apicalem 

 vcn;e tantuiu qiuduor c eenula discoidali proch'unt; ])osteriores : e 

 venula transversa vena unica procedit. 



