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Britain to Perth, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, \VC Lsia to 

 Turkestan, N. America; 6-8. Larva yellowish -white ; head 

 pale brown : m fungi and decayed wood; 7, 9-1. 



(/'. cochyMddla, S((., founded on a specimen taken 10 years 

 ago and still unique, seems hardly entitled to rank as a British 

 Bpeoies; it is not known in Europe, and if really a distinct 

 species, may have been accidentally imported.) 



11. T. albipuactella, Hw. 10-12 mm. Head whitish. Fore- 

 wings darls fuscous; about live small costal and three dorsal 

 spots, two above dorsum before middle and before tornus, and 

 one in disc posteriorly whitish. Hindwings dark grey. 



England to Westmoreland, local ; Sweden ; (>, 7. " Larva in 

 decayed sticks ; 4, 5. 



12.^ T. caprimulgella, IIS. 0-1 1 mm. Head ochreous-yellow- 



ish. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous; a spot on base of dorsum, 

 an indistinct fascia before middle, two or three posterior costal 

 spots, and one on tornus yellow-whitish. Hindwings purplish- 

 fuscous. 



Middlesex, local; France, Germany; 7. Larva in decayed 

 wood ; 5. 



13. T. confusella, IIS. 7-8 mm. Head whitish, at back of 

 crown dark fuscous. forewings dark fuscous; a basal spot, 

 two fasciae before and beyond middle, and a costal spot before 

 apex formed of whitish irroration. Hindwings grey. 



Lancashire, E. Ireland, on rocks, local ; Austria, Dahnatia ; 

 7, 8. Larva probably on lichens. 



14. T. nigripunctella, Ilw. 9-10 mm. Head oohreous-whit- 

 ish. Forewings ochreous-whitish, with a few dark fuscous 

 scales ; an oblique spot on base of cosfa reaching Ibid, a thick 

 median fascia, a less defined fascia at |, and some undefined 



terminal marks fuscous irrorated with blackish. Hindwi g 



grey. 



England to York, in outbuildings, local; C. Europe N 

 Africa ; 7, <S. f > ■ 



15. T. angustipennis, IIS. 13-14 mm. Head oohreous- 

 yellow. Forewings narrow, oehreous-brown, mixed and strigu 

 lated with darker; several whitish costal and dorsal .lots; 

 obscure somewhat darker fasciae before and beyond middle \ 

 I ho darker scale- tufts transversely placed at |, surrounded by 

 some whitish scales. Hindwings brou/.y fuscous. 



Middlesex, rare and local ; Holland, Germany; 5, S. Larva 

 said to feed in decayed wood. 



16. T. misella, Z. 12- 1G mm. Head ferruginous-brown. 



