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Haw. ( 



Abundant in British Isles ; generally throughout temperate 

 regions of the northern hemisphere. In fungi and dead wood. 



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Hub. (ganomell 



Fairly plentiful in England and E. Ireland ; also C. Europe and 

 Asia Minor. Larvae in nest of birds. 



Tinea semifulvella, Haw. 



Common in England and S. Scotland ; C. Europe. Larvae in 

 nest of birds. 



Nemophora swammerdammella, L. 



Abundant in United Kingdom and E. Ireland; C. Europe, 

 W.-C. Asia, and N. Persia. Larvae in cases of leaf fragments, low 

 plants, and fallen leaves. 



Nemophora schwarziella, Z. 



Generally distributed throughout the United Kingdom, N. and 

 E. Ireland ; C. Europe. Food plant not known. 



Adela, Latr. 



moths 



colourings. The antennae are in some species from four to five 

 times as long as the body. The larvae feed in flowers and in flat 

 cases on leaves, and the imagines fly in the hottest sunshine during 

 the early summer months. They are particularly plentiful in the 



Adela viridella, Sc. 



Common all over England, especially where there are oak 

 underwoods ; also Europe and Asia Minor. On the leaves of oak 

 and hawthorn. 



Adela degeerella, L. 



All over England and S. Ireland ; Europe and Asia Minor. On 

 leat fragments, In flat cases, of many low plants and fallen leaves. 



Adela cuprella, Thnb. 



A scarce insect found in a few localities only in England, 



SaliTca ™a ? ^ N * "^ C * Eur ° pe ' 0n flow * rB ° f 



MICROPTERYGINA. 



Hepialidae. 



Wh h L m -?- h8 ^ elon ^ in g t0 thi * family have been deposed from the 

 n W^° n i they ° nce occupied. Formerly it was the custom to 

 closer ^/J, 1110 ^ ^^^iately following the Sphingidw, but a 

 TW *1 J f T f\ G ^ tQd them to the opposite end of the order. 

 T^LnZ n ° T U among the most anci ent existing forms of 

 tXe^T^t are r appar ? ntIy , an off8h00t ^m the Microptenj- 

 ^^^li 1 ™-?!.!^*^ q«ite distinct from other 



six inches across the wings. They are cosmopolitan. 



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