1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TENERIPE, 1023 



short patcli across the base, then an almost straight transverse 

 fascia, at one-fourth, scai'cely broader on the dorsum than on the 

 costa ; a short triangular spot on the middle of the costa, followed 

 by a larger triangular costal spot, before the apex, which nearly 

 touches the outer side of a more acutely triangular dorsal spot 

 preceding it ; at the apex is a curved, narrow, white terminal 

 band, running through the costal and terminal cilia, leaving 

 those of the apex as a dark rounded spot within it ; tornal cilia 

 brownish fuscous. Exp. al. 7-9 mm. Hindwings pale, shining 

 greyish; cilia pale brownish cinereous. ^ScZome?* brownish f vis- 

 cous. Legs greyish, with pale spotted tarsi. 



Tyjye 2 (14076); c? (99098) Mus. Wlsm. 



Bab. Tenerife: La Laguna, 22. II - 9. III. 1904 (Eaton); 

 Forest de la Mina, 17-30. III. 1902 (Eaton) ; Las Mercedes, 

 30. III. 1904: (Eaton), 7. YI. 1907 (msm.); Taganana, 27. Y. 

 1907 (Wlsm.); Tacaronte, 31. Y. 1907 (Wlsm.). Thirty-five 

 specimens. 



Mr. Eaton found this common on a wall, partly overgrown 

 with lichens, at La Laguna, 22. II. 1904, and common amongst 

 lichen-covered trees, at Las Mercedes, 30. III. 1904. 



In the cJ the forewings are usually broader, and less conspi- 

 cuously marked than in the $ , the pale spots and bands con- 

 taining a few dark scales, therefore less purely white, and frequently 

 smaller than in the $ . 



163. (4575). Tinea immaculatella Rbl. 



Tinea merdella Z. ?var. iminacidatella Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. 

 YII. 269-70, 283 no. 50 (1892) \ Tinea immaculatella Rbl. Ann. 

 KK. Hofmus. XI. 123-4, 146 no. 180 (1896) ^ : XXI. 44 no. 249 

 ^1906)=': Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 238 no. 4575 (1901) ^ 



Hah. Canaries ^■*— Tenerife "'^ : Santa Cruz, 23. XII - 20. II. 

 1907 (IT^sm.); La Laguna, 8. Ill - 6. lY. 1904 (Eaton); Guimar, 

 13-28. III. 1907 (Wlsm.); Puerto Orotava, 19-28. lY. 1895 

 (Hedemann)'-, 12. Y - 6. YI. 1907 (IFfJsyji.)— Fuerteventura '"' : 

 Barranco del Rio Palma, 20. X. 1890 (Simony)^. 



Tinea immaculatella is by far the most abundant species in the 

 Island ; it is evidently attached to Opuntia. Mr. Eaton made 

 the note : " Out of dead Agave (aloes). I believe they also feed 

 on dead Opuntia." The larva probably feeds on the fibrous inte- 

 rior of the dead, or half-dead, stems of Euphorhia canariensis, 

 Cactus, and Opuntia cochinelifera : I did not however observe it. 



164. (4583) Tinea fuscipunctella Hw. 



Tinea fuscipunctella Hw. Lp. Br. 562 no. 4 (1828)' ; Wlsm. Tr. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881. 242 (1881)-; Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. 

 (2 s.). YII. 534-5 no. 76 (1893) ' ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 238 

 no. 4583 (1901)"^; Dyar Bull. US. Xat. Mus. 53. 571 no. 6503 



