792 TINEINA [TINEA 



21. T. semifulvella, llw. 15-19 mm. Head deep ferruginous. 

 Forewings whitish-grey, irregularly suffused with pale ferrugin- 

 ous, posteriorly suffused with ferruginous-orange ; a dark fuscous 

 costal streak from base to \ ; a small elongate-triangular blackish 

 dorsal spot before tornus. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to Perth, rather common ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva 

 yellowish-white ; head pale brown : on wool, etc., in nests of 

 birds; 10-5. 



22. T. simplicella, HS. 11-13 mm. Head ferruginous- 

 ochreous. Forewings rather dark fuscous, purplish-tinged, 

 sometimes obscurely y ellowish- sprinkled ; stigmata sometimes 

 faintly indicated ; costal edge posteriorly pale yellowish. Hind- 

 wings purplish-fuscous. 



Kent, Surrey, local ; C. Europe ; 7. 



23. T. vinculella, HS. 8-9 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish. 

 Forewings blackish -fuscous ; a narrow somewhat curved fascia 

 before -, an oblique triangular spot on middle of costa, another 

 before tornus seldom connected with this, and a crescentic costal 

 spot towards apex white ; tips of cilia whitish. Hindwings 

 rather dark fuscous, faintly brassy-tinged. 



Dorset (Portland), local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva pale 

 yellowish ; head and plate of 2 rather dark brown : in a rather 

 flat case covered with sand and lichen-fragments, on lichens on 

 rocks ; 8-10, sometimes living two years. 



24. T. argentimaculella, Stt. 8-9 mm. Head light fuscous, 

 face whitish. Forewings blackish -fuscous; a narrow fascia at 

 J, sometimes interrupted on fold, an oblique mark from middle 

 of costa, a small dorsal spot before tornus, a dot above tornus, 

 a small posterior costal spot, and some dots round apex and 

 termen shining silvery-white ; tips of cilia silvery- whitish. 

 Hindwings rather dark fuscous. 



Surrey, Dorset to Lancashire, local ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva 

 green-Avhitish ; head and plate of 2 black ; 3 and 4 with darker 

 lateral spots : in galleries amongst lichens on rocks ; 4-6. 



42. NEMOPHORA, Jfb. 



Head rough, face with appressed hairs. Tongue developed. 

 Antennae 2-3, in $ filiform, basal joint without pecten. Labial 

 palpi short, porrected, loosely scaled. Maxillary palpi long, 

 filiform, folded. Posterior tibiae hairy. Forewings : Ib furcate, 

 7 to termen, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings 1, elongate -ovate, 

 cilia ; 5 and 6 approximated or stalked. 



Includes only a few European species, very closely allied 



