"50 TINEINA [gbacilaria 



long, filiform, porrccted. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Fore- 

 wings : lb simple, 3 sometimes absent, 7 to costa. Hindwings 

 about |, linear-lanceolate, cilia 4-5 ; 3 sometimes absent, trans- 

 verse vein absent between 4 

 ^^^^^^ZI^E: >-^ and 5, 5 and 6 stalked. 

 y^f'^^^Z-—^:^^^ -^ g enus of considerable ex- 



f^zz^ t en t an( i universal distribution. 



Its immediate ancestry is ob- 

 scure, but it is probably an ofl- 

 ^* --— ^_^^_^^ shoot from a form approaching 



^T" f -^-" V~1 folteria,. Imago with fore- 



V. -O) w ' n o s narrow-elongate, pointed, 

 *^g or elongate -lanceolate. Larva 

 NeurationandheadofffrtKrfforfa without prologs on 10, mining 

 akUmieiia. blotches or forming rolled 



conical chambers in leaves. Tho imago sits with the fore- 

 part much raised, the anterior and middle legs prominently 

 displayed. 



1. Forewings with several pale marginal spots or fasciae 2. 



,, with not more than two pale spots . 8. 



2. Forewings with apical white spot . . .3. 



„ without apical white spot . . 5. 



3. Forewings with two anterior subdorsal spots 13. ononidis. 



,, without subdorsal spots . . 4. 



4. Crown white except at back . 15. hofmanniella. 



„ wholly dark fuscous . 14. imperialella. 



5. Forewings with pale entire fasciae . 9. syringella. 



,, without entire fasciae . . .6. 



6. Forewings with oblique streaks from costa 12. omissella. 



,, with spots only . . .7. 



7. Forewings with three costal spots 10. phasianipennella. 



,, „ one subcostal and one costal spot 



11. awroguttella. 



8. Forewings with white costal streak 8. tringipennella. 



,, without white costal streak . . 9. 



9. Forewings with white streak from costa before -£ 



5. semifascia. 

 ,, without such streak . . .10. 



10. Forewings with small black median costal spot 



6. piijiitlttorum. 

 ,, without such spot . . .11. 



11. Costal blotch whitish . . . .12. 



„ ,, yellowish or obsolete . .13. 



