1024 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov. 26,, 



(1902) 5 ; Dietz Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. XXXI. 44, 45, 47 (1905) G ; 

 Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmns. XXI. 40, 44 no. 250 (1906) 7 ; Wlsm. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. XLIII. 267 no. 4583 (1907) 8 : Fn. Hawaii. 729, 

 754, 757, 758 (1907) u ; etc. 



Hob. EUROPE 1 ' 4 ' 8 S. FRANCE: Monte Carlo, 2. IY. 1879 

 (Wlsm.)S. SPAIN: Granada, 22. Y - 14. VI. 1901 (Wlsm.).. 

 ASIA 4 . AFRICA 2 ' -MOROCCO : Tangier, 27. II. 1902 (Wlsm.) 

 ALGERIA : Azazga, 16. IX. 1893 (Eaton). Madeiras MADEIRA: 

 (Wollaston); Funchal, 27. IY. 1904 (Eaton). Canaries 7 

 TENERIFE T : (White) 7 ; Guimar, 12. Ill - 14. IY. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; 

 La Lagtma, 26. III. 1902, 8. IY. 1904 (Eaton). K AMERICA 5 - 6 . 

 HAWAIIA 9 . AUSTRALIA \ NEW ZEALAND 3 . 



^165. (4583*1) TINEA THECOPHORA, sp. n. 



Antennae -| ; bronzy fuscous. Maxillaries folded. Labial 

 Palpi porrect, moderately clothed, terminal joint shorter than 

 median, the latter with a few lateral bristles ; fawn-brown, paler 

 on their inner sides. Head arid Thorax dark fawn-brown, mixed 

 with ochreous. Forewings ochreous, thickly sprinkled with dark 

 fawn-brown, tending to fuscous ; a small black spot in the fold at 

 l from the base, another at the end of the cell, the costa and 

 termen having a mottled appearance through aggregation of the 

 brownish fuscous scales ; in the more or less ochreous cilia are two 

 darker shade-lines, the one near the base interrupted at short 

 intervals, the other near their outer ends uninterrupted, but 

 sometimes very faint. Exp.al. 11-14 mm. Hinclwings shining, 

 yellowish grey, with a brassy sheen ; cilia pale bronzy grey. 

 Abdomen and Legs shining, pale bronzy. 



Type rf (98331); $ (98336) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hob. TENERIFE : in cases on walls in houses : Santa 

 Cruz, 25. XII -25. I. 1907; Guimar, 28. II - 10. IY. 1907, 

 III, excl. 29. Ill - 29. Y. 1907 ; Puerto Orotava, IY, excl. 

 21. IY. 1907. Thirteen specimens. 



Case dust-coloured, elongate, ovate, flattened ; very distinct 

 from that of pellionella L. or allutella Rbl. It is not bottle- 

 shaped, nor visibly indented on any part of the margin, and is 

 formed of grains of dust and woolly refuse, but is smooth and 

 dense in texture, and is open at both ends, cleanly cut, evenly 

 rounded, and without ragged edges. 



Differs in the plical spot being nearer to the base than in 

 fuscipunctella Hw., also in the absence of a first discal spot above 

 it. The more general sprinkling of dark scales causes the sub- 

 ochreous ground-colour to be less visible, and gives it a more 

 suffused appearance. The possession of a larval case is also a 

 very notable distinction. Tinea fuscipunctella may be at once 

 distinguished by having a discal spot above and before the plical. 



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