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etc, ; when a colony has once effected a settlement they 

 go on breeding year after year, in the interior of the 

 chair, sofa, etc., till after the lapse of a few years the 

 contents may be entirely destroyed, without our atten- 

 tion having been once called to the mischief which is 

 going on ; they are also very destructive to carpets. This 

 larva does not construct a portable case like the last- 

 mentioned specie?, but forms silken galleries in the sub- 

 stance on which it is feeding. 



The perfect insect may be found in houses and out- 

 houses throughout the year, but is more frequent in the 

 summer months. 



FAMILY II. TINEID^E. 

 TINEA OCHRACEELLA. 



(Plate XV., Fig. 3.) 



This species occurs in the New Forest, Hampshire, 

 and at Rannoch, in Perthshire, in the nests of ants. 



The expansion of the wings is about J inch. The 

 fore-wings are unicolorous ochreous, perhaps with a 

 very faint greyish tinge posteriorly; the hind- wings 

 are rather dark grey, with ochreous cilia. 



The perfect insect appears in July, and is only to be 

 found in nests of ants ; the ants take no apparent 

 notice of the living moths, but if a specimen be killed 

 and thrown into the nest, it is immediately carried off 

 by the ants as booty. 



FAMILY II. TINEIM. 

 INCURVAPIA MASCULELLA. 



This lively species is very abundant throughout the 

 country. 



