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period, and are on several occasions mentioned in Scripture. 
St. James, in his General Epistle, chap. v. ver. 2, says “your gar- 
ments are moth-eaten,” thus showing a similarity of habit, pro- 
bably arising from the same species as those we still suffer from. 
Of this genus we have thirty-one species in this country, which 
may be arranged in the following table (many others occur on the 
continent), 
a. Anterior wings with a hyaline spot on the dise. Species 1-4. 
aa. Anterior wings with no hyaline spot on the dise. 
6. Anterior wings dark, with, large whitish spots on the costa and 
inner margin. 
c. Large-sized species. Species 5, 
ec. Small-sized species. Species 17. 
é b. Anterior wings with the basal half black, apical half whitish. 
Species 6. 
6 6. Anterior wings whitish, with an angulated black fascia. Sp. 7. 
666. Anterior wings pale, with a dark streak or streaks from the 
base. Species 8 and 9. 
66666. Anterior wings with a mottled appearance. Species 10-16. 
666660, Anterior wings nearly unicolorous, with afew dark spots 
on the dise. Species 18-23. 
6666606. Anterior wings ochreous. 
d. Unicolorous. Species 24 and 31. 
dd. With a dark spot at the anal angle. Species 27. 
ddd. With numerous marginal dark spots. Species 26. 
66666604. Anterior wings unicolorous, violet-brown. Sp. 25. 
666666666. Anterior wings dark, with pale fascie or transverse 
spots. Small species. Species 28-30. 
l. imella, Hiib. 307 (1816); Zell; Dup.; H.-S. Alis anticis 
nitidis fuscis, squamis sparsis dilute ochreis, costa ipsa apicem versus 
dilute ochrea, macula disci fere in medio pallida. Exp. al. 65 lin. 
Head and face ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous. Antenne fuscous. 
Anterior wings shining fuscous, with a few pale ochreous scales, the 
extreme costa from before the middle to near the apex pale ochreous ; on 
the dise nearly in the middle is a small pale spot; cilia fuscous, at the 
anal angle pale ochreous. Posterior wings pale greyish-fuscous, with 
greyish-ochreous cilia. 
A scarce species; appearing in June and August. 
2, ferruginella, IHiib. 348 (1816); Treit.; Dup.; Zell.—splen- 
della, Hiib.—ustella, Haw.; Step.—obviella, W. V.?—mendicella, Hiib.? 
Alis anticis saturate fuscis, vix purpurascente tinctis, postice griseo- 
ochreo irroratis, dorso dilute ochreo, macula disci, paullo post medium, 
albida. Exp. al. 53 lin. 
Head and face pale ochreous. Palpi pale greyish-ochreous. An- 
tenne dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark fuscous, with a slight pur- 
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