786 



TINEINA 



[TRICHOPIIAGA 



Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; Europe, 

 Asia, Africa, N. America, Australia, New Zealand ; 6, 7. Larva 

 ochreous-whitish ; head brown : in silken galleries amongst fur 

 and woollen stuffs ; 9-4. 



41. TINEA, L. 



Head rough. Tongue short. Antennae f - f, in $ simple 

 or ciliated, basal joint sometimes 

 with small pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate, porrected, second joint 

 sometimes rough beneath, with 

 long apical bristles above and 

 beneath, terminal joint somewhat 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi long, 

 filiform, folded. Posterior tibiae 

 loosely haired. Fore wings : Ib 

 furcate, 7 to costa, seldom 5 and 

 6 or 6 and 7 or 7 and 8 stalked. 

 Hindwings f-1, elongate -ovate, 

 cilia f-1; 5 and 6 sometimes 

 stalked. 



Neuration and head of Tinea lapella. 



An extensive genus of universal distribution ; all regions 

 possess numerous endemic forms, though a few of the house- 

 frequenting species have been widely spread by human agency. 

 Imago with forewings elongate, rather narrow, tolerably pointed. 

 Larva of various habits, sometimes living in a portable case ; 

 most of the European species feed on dry refuse, lichens, fungi, 

 dead wood, cloth, etc., but in other regions many live in spun 

 shoots or mine blotches in leaves. 



1. Forewings with discal scale-tufts at J 15. angmtipennis, 



,, without scale-tufts . . .2. 



2. Forewings dark fuscous . . . .3. 



,, not dark fuscous . . .12. 



3. Forewings with pale spots . . .4. 



,, without pale spots . 22. simplicella. 



4. Head yellow . . . . .5. 



,, not yellow . . . .9. 



5. Forewings with whitish costal spot before middle 



3. fulvimitrella. 

 ,, without such spot . . .6. 



6. Forewings with whitish spot on base of dorsum 



1 2. caprimulgdla. 

 without such spot . . .7. 



