128 William T. M. Forbes 



This species is unknown to me; it should be recognizable by the light palpi, and 

 the absence of the first discal dot, or its fusion with the claviform. 

 Kentucky. 



13. T. croceoverticella Chambers. Head bright ochre; antennae blackish, with 

 some ochreous scales on scape; palpi dull ochreous, grayish on outer side, with 

 rougher, longer vestiture than usual, twice as long as the width of the joint, 

 but not spatulate as in Elatobia. Thorax dark mouse gray, the apical half of 

 the tegulae clay color, contrasting. Fore wing blackish, with slightly darker 

 shades in place of the discal dots, with obscure, pale marginal bars toward the 

 apex, and a pale streak at the base. Two dark lines in fringe. Hind wing dark. 

 10-15 mm. 



The larva is a case-bearer and feeds externally on the flat, white bracket fungi 

 on beech, usually on small bits. The case tapers to a neck at each end and then 

 has a flaring mouth. It is covered externally with sawdust and grass. It has 

 been found in June and the moths emerge about the first of July. 



Maryland to Kentucky, Kansas, and Saskatchewan (Regina) Canada. 



14. T. thoracestrigella Chambers. Similar to T. croceoverticella, smaller, 

 brighter, not bronzed, without lines in the fringe. 10 mm. 



This species is definitely known only from Texas, but is doubtfully credited 

 to Kentucky in Dyar's list. 



15. T. ophrionella Dietz. Deep purple -brown. Head yellowish white with some 

 black hairs behind.' Scape silvery, inner side of palpi white. Fore wing with a 

 series of six or seven white marginal bars, with a wider space between the two 

 middle ones, and several on the inner margin lying mostly in the fringe; a single, 

 white discal dot and several white patches below the fold. 11-14 mm. 



June. 



Parry Sound, Ontario. New York : Uphill Brook ( Mt. Marcy ) . 



16. T. roburella Dietz. Head white, a fuscous spot on vertex; thorax and 

 fore wing white, dusted and shaded with pale brown. A large, seal-brown spot 

 from middle of costa to middle of wing, crossed by two longitudinal, dark streaks. 

 Inner margin also narrowly dark on outer part of wing. Margin and fringe 

 barred with brown, the latter with a dark central line. 13 mm. 



Essex County, New Jersey. 



17. T. multistriatella Dietz. White, lightly dusted and finely streaked with 

 fuscous; with five or six partly confluent streaks, sometimes broken up into 

 dashes and dots, the costal spots smaller. 17 mm. 



Bred from fungi on beech stumps. 



Toronto, Ontario ; Maryland. 



Yiy<y. T. atriflua Meyrick. Head white, shaded with fuscous on the sides; 

 thorax dark, with apex of tegulae whitish. Fore wing dark-dusted on a grayish 

 white ground, the margins narrowly white, also with dark scales. Two black- 

 dusted streaks, one from base of costa to apex, widening outwardly and occupy- 

 ing nearly half the width of the wing at the outer margin; the other below the 

 fold; both edged with white. Some small bars on outer margin, and powdery 

 dark dots in the white fringe. Hind wing pale gray with paler fringe. 13 mm. 

 (Unknown to me). 



June. 



Toronto, Ontario. 



18. T. rileyi Dietz. Seal-brown, head nearly black, including outer side of palpi 

 and scape; tegulae white-dusted. Fore wing with about five fine, white, lines 

 and white costal and dorsal edges. Fringe checkered, largely white. 



The larvae feed on iungi. The moths emerge in June. 

 Pennsylvania; District of Columbia; Florida. 



In the remaining species of Tinea, the hind wing is about three- 

 fourths as wide as the fore wing, with the costa noticeably sinuate and 

 Cu, no longer than Cu x ; the head and palpus are white, the palpus 



