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scales; a fuscous streak from the costa to the fold, sometimes almost interrupted 

 in the middle; an oblique fuscous streak about the apical third of the wing and 

 a small dorsal spot opposite to it, and another small spot of the same hue near the 

 apex; antennae silvery gray; face and palpi whitish, outer side of the palpi 

 dusted with fuscous. Al. ex. one-half inch. Kentucky." 



Type in good condition in Cambridge. A broad winged species. 

 The forewings are white but rather densely dusted with gray or 

 grayish fuscous. "The fuscous streak from the costa to the fold" is 

 at less than one-third and ends in a heavy streak on the fold, like- 

 wise ends the streak "about the apical third" in a longitudinal dash 

 on the disk. In general appearance this species resembles some- 

 what granella, but is quite distinct. The antenme distinctly over 

 half the wing lengths. 



T. granella L.— Dyar's List, p. 571 , Xos. 6506 and 6499. — Palpi sordid 

 white, labials externally except at apex, dark fuscous. Head whitish to pale 

 yellow. Antennae pale fuscous. Thorax fuscous, patagia tipped with whitish. 

 Forewings rather moderately wide; ground color white, overlaid in varying 

 thickness and density, with fuscous or dark brown scales, sometimes almost 

 entirely concealing the ground color; markings dark brown; an oblique spot 

 from base to fold, another at one-fourth, a heavy, oblique spot at middle of costa 

 and reaching to middle of disc, four distinct costal spots beyond the middle 

 becoming somewhat larger outwardly and edged with white on their posterior 

 margin, a heavy streak in middle of fold, another streak in apical part of wing, 

 and a less constant spot on the lower angle of cell ; a row of irregular dots along 

 the dorsal margin, those before the cilia often form transverse strigse. Cilia 

 white, with median dividing line, irregularly barred with fuscous, basal half 

 darker. Hindwings slightly under 1, grayish fuscous, cilia concolorous. Under- 

 side of body and legs yellowish white, dusted and spotted with fuscous. 



Exp. 8.0-14.0 mm.; 0.32-0.56 inch. 



Hub. — Europe; Atlantic States; Ohio (Cincinnati) ; Iowa. 



T. varietella Clem., the type of which I have seen and examined 

 at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, is identical with 

 this species, as already supposed by Mr. Stainton. Tinea costistri- 

 gella Ch., type in Cambridge is a small form of this species, with 

 nearly white wings. Some years ago I bred a number of specimens 

 from corn; the smaller forms generally have the least of the dark 

 dusting. 



T. cloacella Haw.— Dyar's List. p. 573, No. 6525. 

 Mr. Meyrick gives the following description of this species: 



Head whitish ochreous. Forewings ochreous brown, more or less mixed with 

 whitish and strigulated with dark fuscous; a spot on base of costa, another 

 beyond it, a thick oblique spot from costa reaching middle of disc, an elongate 



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