hhba] TINEIDAE 7!H 



Forewings dark brown, with numerous small yellow -whitish 

 spots or strigulae; stigmata indistinct, dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings purplish-fuscous. 



England to York, E. Ireland, local; C. Europe, N. America ; 



6, 8, 11. Larva in a case, on preserved skins, dried plant- 

 Stems, fungi, etc.; 7, 9, 10, 12-4. 



17. T. fuscipunctella, Hw. 11-16 mm. Mead ocbreous- 

 brownish. Forewings greyish-oehreous or pale fuscous, irregu- 

 larly mixed with darker fuscous; indistinct darker dorsal spots 

 before middle and at tornus ; stigmata dark fuscous, second 

 disoal large; costal cilia, with paler bars. llindwings bronzy- 

 grey- 



England, K. Ireland, common ; Europe, WC. Asia to 

 Turkestan, N. Africa, N. America, Australia, New Zealand ; 0, 



7, 9. Larva in a case on dry refuse ; 7, 8, 10. 



18. T. pellionella, L. (flavescentella, Hw. ; merddla, Z.\ 

 dubiella, Stt.) 10-13 mm. Head light ochreous. Forewings 

 pale greyish -ochreous, sometimes tinged with yellowish or 

 fuscous ; stigmata fuscous, two anterior sometimes elongate or 

 seldom obsolete, second discal large, round; cilia whitish- 

 oohreous. Hind wings rather light bronzy-grey. 



Britain to Perth; Ireland, common ; Europe, Asia Minor, X. 

 America; (i, 7, 9, 10. Larva whitish ; head brown ; plate of 1' 

 dark brown : in a case on cloth, feathers, hair, etc., 3-5, 7, 8. 



19. T. pallescentella, Stt 14-16 mm. Head light greyish 

 ochreous, fuscous- mixed. Forewings light greyish-ochreous 

 mixed with fuscous ; base of cosla anil a short basal subdorsal 

 dash dark fuscous; stigmata dark fuscous, elongate, plieal 

 forming a more or less extended dash along fold ; two indistinct 

 whitish dots beyond second diseal ; some cloudy dark fuscous 

 terminal spots. llindwings very pale grey. 



England to Durham, E. Ireland, local ; not recorded else 

 where, but probably originally introduced from abroad and 

 now established; 7, 8, 10. Larva on grain, dry refuse, etc. : 

 5, 6, 9. 



20. T. lapella, ///». (ganomdla, Tr.) 13-16 mm. Head 

 ochreous-yellow. Forewings pale yellowish-ochreous, more or 

 less sprinkled with fuscous ; a blackish costal streak from base 

 to \ or beyond; stigmata black, plieal large, first diseal often 

 absent. llindwings grey, faintly purplish or brassy -tinged, 

 darker posteriorly. 



England to Lancashire, E. Ireland, rather common ; C. 

 Europe, Asia Minor ; 6, 8. Larva in nests of birds ; 7, 10-5. 



