DIPLODOMA] TINEIDAE 777 



elongate, moderate, apex obtuse. Larva feeding in a portable 

 case on dry refuse. 



1. D. marginepunctella, Stph. 11-13 rnin. Head liglit 

 yellowish - oehreous. Forewings dark fuscous, with some 

 scattered whitish-yellowish dots and strigulae ; a subquadrate 

 whitish-yellowish dorsal spot before middle. Hindwings dark 



grey- 

 Knit. Station! to Cumberland, E. Ireland, local; C. Europe, 



Asia Minor; 6, 7. Larva dull whitish; head pale brown; 

 plate of 2 darker brown ; 3 and 4 laterally brownish-tinged : in 

 a three-sided case, enclosed in an outer shorter case, covered 

 with fr;i'_riiH nts of refuse, on dead insects, fungus, etc. ; 9-5. 



29. TEICHOBIA, HS. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts spreading. Tongue 

 obsolete. Antennae J, in $ pubescent, basal joint without 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, porrected, second joint 

 loosely scaled, terminal shorter than second, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi short, drooping, two- jointed. Posterior tibiae smooth - 

 scaled. Forewings: Ib simple, all veins separate, 7 to costa. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1 ; all veins separate. 



The single known species departs somewhat from the usual 

 type of its allies, but cannot be removed from them ; correlated 

 with the preceding. Imago with forewings elongate, moderate, 

 apex tolerably pointed. Larva feeding amongst the fructifica- 

 tion of ferns. 



1. T. verhuellella, 8tt. 9-10 mm. Forewings dark purplish- 

 fuscous. Hindwings rather dark bronzy-fuscous. 



England to Cumberland, S. Ireland, local; C. Europe; 6, 7. 

 Larva whitish-ochreous ; dorsal line brownish ; head and plate 

 of 2 black : burrowing amongst fructification of Asplenivm, 

 ticolopendrium, and Ceterach, forming a small case of fragments 

 at entrance ; 3-5. 



30. OCHSENHEIMERIA, I/b. 



Head with long rough hair-scales, their tips dilated and 

 furcate. Tongue developed. Antennae over J, more or less 

 thickened with rough scales towards base, in ciliated, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, subascend- 

 ing, second joint with rough projecting tuft of scales beneath, 

 terminal joint moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi very short. 

 Posterior tibiae loosely haired. Forewings: Ib furcate, 5 

 absent, 6 sometimes absent, 7 and 8 stalked or coincident. 



