ihim.oduma] TINEIDAE 777 



elongate, moderate, apex obtuse. Larva feeding in a portable 

 case on dry refuse. 



1. D. marginepunctella, Siph. 11-13 mm. Head light 

 yellowish - ochreous. ForewingB dark fuscous, with some 

 scattered whitish-yellowish dots and strigulae ; a subquadrate 

 whitish-yellowish dorsal spot before middle. Hindwings dark 



grey. 



Kent, Staflbrd to Cumberland, 10. Ireland, loeal ; (!. Europe, 

 Asia Minor; G, 7. Larva dull whitish; head pale brown; 

 plate of 2 darker brown ; 3 and & laterally brownish-tinged : in 

 a three-sided ease, enclosed in an outer shorter case, covered 

 with fragments of refuse, on dead insects, fungus, etc. ; 9-5. 



29. Tbichobia, IIS. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts spreading. Tongue 

 obsolete. Antennae £, in £ pubescent, basal joint without 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, porrccted, second joint 

 loosely sealed, terminal shorter than second, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi short, drooping, two-jointed. Posterior tibiae smooth- 

 sealed. Forewings: lb simple, all veins separate, 7 to costa. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1 ; all veins separate. 



The single known species departs somewhat from the usual 

 1 ype of its allies, but cannot be removed from them ; correlated 

 with the preceding. Imago with forewings elongate, moderate, 

 apex tolerably pointed. Larva feeding amongst the fructilica 

 tion of ferns. 



I. T. verhuellella, Sit. 9-10 mm. Forewings dark purplish- 

 fuscous, Hindwings rather dark bronzy fuscous. 



England to Cumberland, S. Ireland, loeal ; ('. Europe ; 6, 7. 

 Larva whitish ochreous ; dorsal line brownish ; head and plate 

 of 2 black: burrowing amongst fructification of Asplenium, 

 Scolopendritm, and Oeteradh, forming a small ease of fragments 

 at entrance ; 3-5. 



30. OOHSENHEIMERIA, ///'. 



Head with long rough hair-scales, their tips dilated and 

 furcate. Tongue developed. Antennae over \, more or less 

 thickened with rough scales towards base, in $ ciliated, 

 basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, subascend- 

 ing, second joint with rough projecting tuft of scales beneath, 

 terminal joint moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi very short. 

 Posterior tibiae loosely haired. Forewings : lb furcate, 5 

 absent, 6 sometimes absent, 7 and 8 stalked or coincident. 



