72 WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M. D. 



than the second, coniform, obtusely pointed. Antennae filiform, 

 shorter than the {brewings, almost imperceptibly pubescent in the 

 male. Forewings elongate, 12 veins, all free ; \ b furcate ; membrane 

 clouded along costa from vein 9 to 11. Hind wings elongate-ovate, 

 8 veins, all free; an accessary cell. Cilia nearly 1. Hind tibiae 

 rough haired. 



Represented in our fauna by our most destructive cloth moth. 



T. biselliella Hummel. — Hear! ochreous ferrugineous. Antenna* ochreous 

 fuscous. Thorax and forewings pale, yellow ochreous, without markings ; costa 

 slightly infuscate towards the base. Hindwings grayish white with yellowish 

 tinge. Abdomen and legs pale ochreous. 



Exp. 9.0-16.0 mm.; 0.36-0.64 inch. 



Hub. — United States. 



Almost cosmopolitan. I have seen specimens from almost every 

 State of North America. 



TEJfAGA Clem. 

 Dyar's List, p. 574. 



Head entirely rough haired, except a narrow space surrounding 

 the small salient eyes. Tongue and maxillary palpi obsolete. La- 

 bial palpi ascending (drooping in the dead insect), cylindrical, sec- 

 ond joint ciliated beneath with setae in its apical half; terminal 

 shorter than the second, pointed. Antennae slender, simple, as long 

 as the forewings. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, pointed ; 11 veins, 

 10 absent, 5-6 and 7-8 stemmed, l 6 simple ; cell narrow, with en- 

 tire dividing vein ; stem of 5-6 and 7-8 nearly obliterated towards 

 their base. No accessory cell. Hindwings lanceolate, costa not 

 retuse ; 8 veins, 5-6 stemmed, cell open ; anterior median very faint 

 from base to near origin of vein 7, likewise the common stem of 5- 

 6. Cilia over 1. Hind tibiae rough haired. 



Clemens' statement "the median (posterior median) is two 

 branched, the superior one augutated," this statement I cannot 

 verify, this branch (vein 2) is curved, but not angulated. Its 

 nearest ally is Tineola. One species. 



T. pomiliella CI.— Dyar's List, p. 574, No. 6539. — Head dull ochreous, 

 slightly mixed with brown. Labial palpi grayish, tinged with fuscous extern- 

 ally. Antenna; grayish fuscous, paler beneath. Thorax ochreous. Forewings 

 yellowish ochreous, markings dark brown ; a spot on base of costa, three irregu- 

 lar fascias, first within basal fourth, curved outward and more or less interrupted 

 in the middle, second about middle, also somewhat interrupted ; the third at 



