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The perfect insect appears towards the end of March 

 and in April, and may be constantly noticed sitting on 

 the trunks of trees ; during the cold weather which so 

 frequently occurs in April, when the sloe-bushes are in 

 blossom, these insects often afford the only sport the 

 collector meets with. 



FAMILY II. TINEIM. 

 TINEA TAPEZELLA. 



A familiar household insect throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about f inch. The 

 fore-wings are black from the base to the middle, the 

 black portion extending a little further on the costa 

 than on the inner margin ; the apical half of the wing- 

 is white, clouded with grey, with a darker grey blotch at 

 the tip. 



The larva feeds on cloth, constructing a gallery of 

 pieces of gnawed cloth and its own silk ; it is partial 

 to situations much exposed to the air, and is particularly 

 fond of the linings of carriages and green-baize doors ; 

 it feeds during the autumn and winter. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July, and we 

 often meet with it in houses and outhouses, and some- 

 times we find it at large sitting on palings ; from its 

 contrast of colours it is very conspicuous. 



FAMILY II. 

 TINEA PELLIONELLA. 



Very, very plentiful in houses throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about J inch. The 



fore-wings are dull greyish-ochreous, with three rather 



