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pound eyes), whilst the tongue and maxillary palpi are wanting. The 

 female is almost apterous, with fairly long antenna?, rather strong- 

 legs, faceted eyes, and well-developed ovipositor, surrounded by the 

 woolly anal tuft. The female emerges from the case and rests on the 

 outside until copulation has taken place, when the eggs are laid in the 

 larval case, the ovipositor being forced between the protruding pupa- 

 skin and the rim of the case. The pupa is distinctly Micro-Psychid in 

 structure, with dorsal spines on anterior portion of abdominal seg- 

 ments, long recurved setae on segments 8-10 ; and two small dorso- 

 anal spikes on 10. We have, in Britain, only one species, Taleporia 

 tubulosa. 



Taleporia tubulosa, Eetzius. 



Synonymy. — Species : Tubulosa, Eetz., " Gen. et Sp. Ins.," p. 44 (1783). 

 Pneudobombycella, Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," viii., p. 17, figs. 212, 382 (1796) ; Zk., 

 " Germ. Mag.," i., 36-7 (1813) ; Ti\, " Die Schmett.," x. (1), 169, 274-5 (1834) ; F. v. 

 E., " Abbild. Schmett.," 80-4, pi. xxxvii., a-p (1837) ; Zell., " Isis," 1838, p. 714, no. 

 177 ; 1839, p. 182, no. 2, pp. 301-2, no. 96 ; " Ber. Schles. Tausch. Schmett.," ii., p. 4 

 (1841) ; iii., p. 6 (1842) ; v., p. 16 (1844) ; vi., p. 11 (1845) ; vii., p. 7 (1845); " Stett. Ent. 

 Zeit.," xi., p. 59 (1850) ; xxxix., p. 117 (1878) ; " Linn. Ent.," vii., 339-42 (1852) ; 

 " Ver. z.-b. Ges, Wien," xvii., abh. p. 605 (1868) ; Speyer, " Isis," 1839, pp. 113-4; 

 " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xx., 33, no. 120 (1859); Bdv., "Ind. Meth.," 79, no. 627 (1840); 

 Doering, "Ber. Schles. Tausch.," iv., 15 (1843); Dup., " Cat. Meth.," p. 66 (1842), 

 p. 359 (1846); Tied., " Preuss. Prov.," p. 334 (1845); Gn., " Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.," xv., 

 2nd ser. iv., pp. 6, 7, 8,9, 13-14 (1846); Lienig, " Isis," 1846, p. 270; Brd., " Cat. Lep. 

 Doubs," p. 64 (1847); " Mon. des Psych.," pp. 34-6, 115, no. 16, pi. i., 16 a-d, pi, hi., 

 16(1853); Tgstr., " Not. Sallsk. Fn. Fenn.," i.,p. 106, no. 1 (1847) ; Koch, "Isis," 

 1848, p. 950 ; " Schm. S.-W. Deutsch.,"p. 371, no. 14(1856); Sta.," Sys. Cat. Br.Tin.," 

 p. 6, no. 2 (1849); " Zool.," viii., 2788 (1850); " Supp. Cat.,"app.l7 (1851); "Ent. 

 Comp.," 1st ed., pp. 10, 27, 31, 36, 39 (1852), 2nd ed., pp. 8, 26, 30, 71, 73 (1854) ; 

 " Ins. Brit.," 18, pi. i., 4 a-c (1854); " List. Br. An. B.M.," xvi., Lp. 5, no. 2 (1854) ; 

 " Man.," ii., p. 285 (1859); " Ent. Ann.," 1861, p. 103 (1860); 1874, p. 1 (1874); " Tin 

 Syr." &c, pp. 33, 76 (1867) ; " Tin. S. Eur.," pp. 105, 283, 322 (1869) ; [Kichter,] 

 " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xi., p. 25 (1850); Hdrch., "Lep. Eur. Cat.," 78, no. 14 (1851); 

 Bhm., " Act. Holm.," p. 155 (1852) ; Ghil., " Fn. Ent. It.," p. 78 (1852) ; de Graaf, 

 "Herklots' Bouwst. Fn. Ned.," i., 42 (1853); iii., 208-9, no. 5 (1863) ; Mann, " Ver. 

 z.-b. Ges. Wien," iv., abh. 583 (1854); xvii., abh. 72, 839(1867); xix., abh. 

 384 (1869) ; " Wien. Ent. Monats.," vii., p. 184 (1864) ; H.-Sch., " Sys. Bearb.," 

 v., p. 113, no. 206 (1854) ; Frey, " Die Tineen," pp. 12-13, no. 2 (1856) ; " Mitt. 

 Sch. Ent. Ges.," iii., p. 42 (1869); "Lep. der Schweiz," p. 334 (1880); Healy, 

 "Ent. W. Int.," viii., pp. 44, 156 (1860); "Zool.," xviii., 7059-60, 7155 (1860); 

 xix., 7363 (1861) ; Hofmn., " Berl. Ent. Zeits.," iv., p. 53 (1860) ; Staud. 

 and Wocke, " Cat.," lsted., 105, no. 1161 (1861) ; 2nd ed., 266, no. 1329 (1871); 

 Ver Huell, " Sepp's Ned. Ins.," p. 16, pi. ii., 1-18 (I860) ; Greb., " Tijd. v. Ent.," 

 vii., 24-5 (1864); viii., 20 (1865) ; Boss., " J.-B. Nass. Ver.," xix-xx., p. 213 (313), no. 

 1278 (1866) ; Const., " Cat. Lep. Saone-Loire," 306, no. 1106 (1866) ; Hein., 

 " Schmett. Deutsch. Tin.," p. 19, no. 2 (1870); Hartmn., " Kleinsch. Miinch.," 45, no. 

 332 (1870) ; " Mitt. Miinch. Ent. Ver.," iii., 195, no. 1329 (1879) ; Jourdh., "Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr.," xxxix., 4th ser. x., p. 115 (1870) ; Ersch. and Feild, "Cat. Lep. 

 Imp. Ross.," 52 (1870) ; Nolck., " Lep. Fn. Est.," 467, no 383 (1871) ; Wocke, " Zeit. 

 Ent. Bres.," 40, no. 1329 (1874) ; Walgrn., "Bih. Svensk. Vet.-Ak. Handl.," iii. (5), 

 32, no. 2 (1875); Bang-Haas, " Nat. Tids.," (3), x., pp. 1-2, no. 3 (1875); Mill., " Cat. 

 L-'p. Alp.-Mar.," 295 (1875) ; Boss., "Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xxxviii., 376 (1877) ; Bald., 

 " Mill, and Skertch. Fenland," 623(1878); Staud., " Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross.," xv., 

 p. 268 (1879) ; Sand, " Cat. Lep. Auv.," p. 154, no. 1329 (1879) ; Seeb., "An. Soc. 

 Esp.," viii., 124 (1879) ; Biittn., " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xli., 423, no. 1329 (1880) ; Snell., 

 "De Vlind.," 447-8 (1882); Steud. and Hofmn., "Ver. Nat. Wiirt.," xxxviii., 182 

 (1882); Curd and Tut., " Bull. Soc. Ent. It.," xv., 3 (1882) ; Peyr., " Cat. Lep. Als.," 

 2nded., ii., 82 (1882); Porrt,, "Tr. Yk. Nat. Un.," ii., 133 (1883); Barr., "Mason's 

 Hist.Norf.," app.p. xxxvi (1884); Sorh., " Die Kleinschmett. Brand.," p. 140(1886); 

 Rbl., " Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien," xlii., 527, no. 123 (1892); Meyr., " Handbook," p. 775, 

 fig. 776 (1895) ; Chapmn., " Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxxii., p. 80 (1896). Glabrella, Ochs., 

 " Die Schmett.," iv., p. 54, no. 8, pp. 199-200, no. 8 (1816) ; Hb., " Verz.," p. 400, no. 



