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margin, is here entirely wanting. The cilia are grey, indis- 

 tinctly spotted, and have a dark division line. 



Posterior wings grey, with a reddish gloss. The under- 

 side yellowish-grey. 



I have several times bred this species here from rotten 

 wood, from the end of May to the end of June. (1858.) 



Tinea Roesslerella, n. sp., Heyden (E. Z. 1865, 

 p. 102). 



Capillis flavescentibus ; alis anterioribus subacuminatis, 

 fusco-nigrescentibus, fasciis duabus maculaque ante 

 apicem obsoletis flavido-albidis. 



Exp. al. 5—54 lin. 



Tuft of the head brownish-yellow, rather darker between 

 the antennas ; back of the head grey ; antennae two-thirds 

 the length of the anterior wings, thin, yellowish, annulated ; 

 the basal joints dark. Labial palpi twice the length of the 

 eyes, with recumbent scales ; the second joint longer and 

 thicker than the terminal joint, yellowish, darker at the apex 

 and clothed with bristles, which are little shorter than the 

 darker, pointed terminal joint, which is yellowish at the tip. 

 The maxillary palpi are short, robust and yellowish. The 

 thorax and abdomen are silky-grey, with some yellowish 

 hair-like scales, especially at the sides. Anal tuft yellowish. 

 The anterior legs are brown, the posterior pair unicolorous 

 pale yellow. 



Anterior wings long, narrow, indeed pointed, (including 

 the not very broad cilia,) rather shining, dirty brownish- 

 black ; between the base and the middle is a broad, perpen- 

 dicular, yellowish-white fascia sometimes interrupted in the 

 middle ; beyond the middle is an equally broad yellowish- 

 white fascia, likewise sometimes interrupted in the middle, 

 but which noes rather obliquely from the costa to the anal 



