SCAIUMA] TINEIDAE 779 



A small but nearly cosmopolitan genus, of which only three 

 species occur in Europe. Imago with forewings elongate, apex 

 obtuse. Larva feeding in fungi and rotten Wood. 



1. S. boleti, F. (choragellus, Z.) 22-28 mm. Forewin-s 

 brown, strigulatcd with whitish -ochreous and dark fuscous; 

 some darker spots towards base of costa ; an irregular median 

 fascia obscurely indicated, darker and narrower on costa ami 

 dorsum ; indistinct subterminal and terminal series of darker 

 spots; terminal cilia with four light bars. Hindwings rather 

 dark fuscous. 



Hants. Kssrx, N. Ireland, local and scarce; C. Europe, A<ia 

 Minor; 7, 8. Larva ochreous - w hitish ; head brown: in 

 fungi ; 9-5. 



32. SCYTHROPIA, Hb. 



Head rough. Tongue short. Antennae |, in $ pubescent, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, filiform, 

 drooping, terminal joint longer than second, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi short, filiform. Posterior tibiae loosely haired. Fore- 

 wings : Ib furcate, 7 to termen. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, 

 cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 parallel. 



Besides the following there is said to be a second European 

 species ; the genus is apparently derived from Tinea. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, apex tolerably pointed. Larva slender, 

 gregarious, in a common web. 



1. S. crataegella, L. 11-14 mm. Head white, fuscous-mixed. 

 Forewings white, sprinkled with light fuscous, margins strigu- 

 lated or spotted with dark fuscous ; a rather dark fuscous 

 fascia before middle, and another from f of costa to tornus. 

 Hindwings grey, darker towards apex. 



England to Lancashire, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva dull 

 reddish-brown or ochreous-brown ; head brown : on hawthorn ; 

 5,6. 



33. INCURVARIA, Hw. 



Head rough. Tongue short. Antennae f , in $ nnipectinatcd 

 throughout, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, 

 porrected, second joint with apical bristles, terminal joint 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. Posterior 

 tibiae hairy. Forewings : Ib furcate, 7 to costa. Hindwings 

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



As here restricted, the genus includes only the two following 

 species ; it is correlated with Lampronia. The species fly in 

 the sunshine. Imago with forewings elongate, moderate, apex 



