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Caput superne et in fronte hirsutum. Oceddi nulli. Antenne: setacere, 
& setoso-ciliatee. Palpi maxillares nulli. Palpi labiales eylindrici, 
breves, hirsuti. Ale (9 graciliores) oblongze, mediocriter ciliatee ; 
anteriores: cellula discoidalis yenas gwingue in marginem posticum 
emittit. 9 lata, ano lanato. Larva saccophora, sacco simplici, 
breviusculo, granulato. 
Head above and in front hairy. Ocelli none. Antenne setaceous, 
in the @ strongly ciliated. Maxillary palpi none. Labial palpi short, 
eylindrie, hairy. Wings oblong (of the ? narrower), with moderate 
cilia. rom the discoidal cell of the anterior wings jive veins run to 
the hinder margin. emale winged, with the anus woolly. Larva case- 
bearing; the case simple, rather short, granulated. 
But one British species is known in this genus; on the conti- 
nent is another closely allied to it. Argentimaculella I refer to 
the genus Z'inea. 
1. melanella, Haw. L. B. 566 (1829); Step.; Zell. L. B. vii— 
atrella, Step.—stelliferella, F. vy. R. pl. 59.—seguella, Taw.? Alis 
anticis nigris, punctis numerosis sparsis luteo-albis, fascia obsoleta ad 
dorsum distinctiore ante medium luteo-alba, macula parva dorsi pone 
medium punctoque coste apicem versus albidis, apice costee margineque 
postico albido-punctatis. Exp. al. 54 lin. 
Head and face black. Palpi fuscous; terminal joint whitish. An- 
terior wings black, with numerous scattered yellowish-white spots, with 
an indistinet rather interrupted yellowish-white fascia before the middle, 
most conspicuous on the inner margin; a small whitish spot lies on the 
inner margin beyond the middle, and on the costa, rather posterior, is 
another small whitish spot ; the apex of the costa and hinder margin are 
spotted with whitish; cilia dark-fuscous, externally with some whitish 
patches. Posterior wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
In the south of Hngland; not scarce. The larvee feed on 
lichen, and are found on old palings, ete., in April and May, the 
perfect insect appearing in June, 
Genus V. OCHSENHEIMERIA, 
OcnsEnuermenta, Hib. V. 416 (1817); Zell. Lepidocera, Curt. ; Step. 
Phygas, Treit.; Dup. 
Caput superne valde hirsutum, in fronte squamaceum.  Ocelli distineti 
pone oculos, Antenne crassiuscule, interdum sguamis usgue medium 
incrassate. Palpi maxillares nulli. Palpi labiales porrecti ; articulo 
secundo valde hirsuto, articulo tertio levi adscendente acuminato. 
Haustellum breve, nudum. dle mediocriter ciliate ; anteriores ob- 
longee, sgvamis ewasperatis, posteriores oblongo-ovate; anteriores: vena 
apicalis furcata ante apicem exit, infra eam venee quatuor, submedianee 
