bolenobia] 



TINETDAE 



775 



Forewings with darker terminal spots 1. incoinpicuMa. 



,, without darker terminal spots 2. Bowjlasii. 



1. S. inconspicuella, Sit. 11-18 mm. Forewings pale grey, 

 with numerous irregular undefined spots and strigulae of darker 

 grey scales, sometimes connected to form reticulation ; a 

 terminal series of undefined darker spots. Hindwings light 

 grey. ? brown, head dark fuscous, anal tuft white. 



England, local; Germany; 4, 5. Larva yellowish-grey; 

 head blackish ; plate of 2 and pairs of spots on 3 and 4 black : 

 in a greyish-green somewhat three-sided case, on lichens grow- 

 ing ou fences and tree-trunks ; 6-3. 



2. S. Douglasii, Stt. (triquetrella, Dbld., non Tr. ; Wockii, 

 Hein.) 13-17 mm. Forewings fuscous- whitish, strigulated 

 throughout with rather dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey. 



9 brown, head dark fuscous, anal tuft white. 



Dorset, Kent, Worcester to Westmoreland, E. Ireland, local ; 

 C. Europo ; 4. Larva pale yellowish ; head and plate of 2 dark 

 brown: in a greyish-green somewhat three-sided case, on 

 lichens growing on fences, rocks, etc. ; 6-3. 



26. Tai.epoma, lib. 



Head rough. Tongue obsolete or rudimentary. Antennae 

 §, in <J ciliated, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate, porreoted, loosely haired, terminal joint somewhat 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi ob- 

 solete. Posterior tibiae loosely 

 haired. Forewings: lb furcate, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate - ovate, 

 cilia ji ; all veins separate. ? 

 apterous. 



Restricted to a few European 

 species. Imago with forewings 

 elongate, moderate, apex 

 rounded. Larva feeding in a 

 portable ease on lichens. 



Head light fuscous . . . 1. conspwcatella. 



„ pale greyish-oohreous . 2. pseudobombycella. 



I. T. conspurcatella, Z. 10-18 mm. Head light fuscous. 



Antenna! Ciliations 3. Forewings whitish -yellowish, with 



numerous small Eusoous spots and strigulae; veins fuscous; 



indistinct darker dorsal spots towards base and before middle ; a 



darker fuscous discal spot beyond middle. Hindwings light grey. 



