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the Lepidoptera of St. Helena. 
with minute brownish scales. At the extreme apex (inter¬ 
mingled with the fringe) there are a few scales which are of a 
darker brown or nearly black, and which form a somewhat 
wedge-shaped ill-defined spot, the only distinct marking that 
the wing possesses. Hind wings of a glossy or silken cine¬ 
reous, with the fringe rather paler. Thorax yellowish white ; 
body concolorous with the anterior wings. 
It was chiefly from the trunks of the few remaining gum- 
woods at Plantation that I obtained this interesting little 
Tinea ; and from the fact of its appearing to belong to those 
singular arborescent Composite, which are now so fast dying out, 
I have little hesitation in citing it among the species which 
are truly indigenous. I think, moreover, that it may be 
reckoned as one of the commonest Lepidoptera which ai*e 
strictly aboriginal. 
Apart from its small size, T. apicalis may usually be 
recognized without much difficulty by the simplicity of the 
colour of the fore wings, which are more or less of a pale straw 
or yellowish white, but sparingly dusted over with a few 
diminutive brownish scales, a little cluster of darker or blackish 
ones at the extreme apex (which have a tendency to form a 
small and somewhat wedge-shaped, ill-defined spot) being 
almost the only marking that gives to the surface a character 
which is tolerably appreciable. 
Tinea irrorata , E. Woll. 
Expanse 9 lines. The fore wings of a pale brownish or 
straw-coloured tinge, and speckled with numerous irregular 
black dots (particularly on the basal half), each composed of 
a few dark scales, those near the costa having a faint ten¬ 
dency to be placed somewhat in transverse pairs. The apex 
and outer margin are speckled more minutely, as is also the 
fringe. Hind wings pale glossy cinereous, and, when viewed 
beneath a high magnifying-power, with a pearly and some¬ 
what opaline lustre. Thorax slightly darker than the anterior 
wings; body much the same as the posterior ones. 
The only examples which I have seen of this moth I cap¬ 
tured, I believe, at Thompson’s Wood; but whether the 
species is in any way connected with the gumwoods I have 
no means of deciding. At any rate there is no reason to 
suspect that it is otherwise than truly indigenous in the island. 
The rather dotted, or speckled , surface of its upper Avings 
Avill be sufficient to distinguish it from its more immediate 
allies. 
