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Mrs. T. Vernon Wollaston on 
Tinea aureomarmorata , E. Woll. 
Expanse 5-5| lines. With the fore wings of a pale whitish 
straw-colour, but much suffused or mottled with pale yellowish 
brown and somewhat gilded, broken up, exceedingly fragmen¬ 
tary fascige. Until closely examined, the general appearance 
of the species is that of a very pretty little yellow Tinea with 
slightly darker markings. The cilia quite at the apex of the 
fore wings are more or less marked with a blackish wavy line, 
more distinct in some specimens than in others ; and there 
are also a few blackish scales (in highly-coloured examples) 
towards the apex of the wing. Hind wings of a smoky grey. 
Thorax concolorous with the anterior wings; body with the 
posterior ones. 
A not very uncommon little species throughout St. Helena, 
at high and intermediate altitudes. I constantly met with it 
at Plantation, and likewise at West Lodge, resting upon the 
trunks of the gumwoods and of the aborescent asters, generally 
in the most exposed and windy spots. When disturbed, it is 
very apt to simulate being dead by lying motionless upon its 
back, under which circumstances it is difficult to secure with¬ 
out injuring the wings. The prettily but rather lightly 
marbled upper wings, which seem at first sight to be faintly 
shot with a somewhat golden-yellowish gloss, will suffici¬ 
ently distinguish T. aureomarmorata from its immediate 
allies. 
These three species (viz. Tinea piperata , T. aureomarmo- 
rata , and T. pulveripennis') perhaps more naturally belong 
to the small true Tinece than any of the other species; they 
apparently possess very similar habits, being found in the 
same localities; and, except that the very thin palpi in T. 
pulveripennis help to distinguish it from its congeners, they 
otherwise depend upon their specific characters for their 
identification. 
Tinea piperata, E. Woll. 
Expanse 4-5^ lines. With the fore wings of a dull, mottled, 
obscure buff (dusted everywhere with minute brown scales), 
and having some irregular, small but unequal and ill-defined 
spots (which are generally placed both on the costa and the 
inner margin) of a dark brown. In one of my examples the 
spots towards the apex form two somewhat arrow-shaped fascise. 
No two specimens, however (taken from a tolerably good 
series which is now before me), seem to be exactly similar in 
the precise position of the darker spots and the more or less 
condensed irrorated scales. Hind Avings silvery grey, the 
