274 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



FAMILY VII. (ECOPHORID^:. 

 ENDROSIS FENESTRELLA. 



Abundant in houses throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is nearly J inch. The 

 fore-wings are dirty grey, clouded with fuscous, with 

 some obscure darker markings; the extreme base is 

 white ; the head and thorax are shining snowy-white, 

 and thus render the insect tolerably conspicuous. 



The larva is dull whitish, with the head reddish- 

 brown, and the second segment pale brown posteriorly ; 

 it feeds throughout the year on a great variety of waste 

 substances, a sort of universal scavenger. 



The perfect imsect is found in houses throughout the 

 year ; we see it sitting on the windows, or on the walls 

 of rooms, and we often find it drowned in milk-pans ; 

 in the summer we often meet with it out-of-doors, on 

 palings, or trunks of trees. 



FAMILY VIII. GLYPHIPTERYGID^. 

 ANTISPILA PFEIFFERELLA. 



(Plate XVI., Fig. 1.) 



This species seems widely distributed in England, and 

 is common in many localities ; it occurs northward as 

 far as Scarborough. It does not seem to have been 

 observed in Scotland or Ireland. 



The expansion of the wings is little more than J inch. 

 The fore-wings are of glossy golden-brown, with rather 

 a coppery tinge towards the hind margin ; before the 

 middle is a slender, angulated, bright golden band, and 

 beyond the middle are two triangular, golden spots, one 



