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LEPIDOPTEllA. 
others are miners, some case-bearers, some feed on 
•clothes, or in the linings of sofas, etc., etc. (Stainton). 
I have just found some little tinea in an insect box, the 
larva of which had selected a pinned down specimen of 
the Burnished-brass moth (. Plusia clirysitis), had con¬ 
structed out of its remains a tube which it erected like 
a column, and in which it passed through its changes. 
The British species of tinea, which are .injurious to 
clothes, etc., are Tinea tapetzella , a common species 
often found in carriages, the larva feeding under a gallery 
constructed from the lining ; T. pellionella, the larva of 
which constructs a portable case out of the substance in 
which it feeds, and is very partial to feathers. T. hi - 
selliata is often found abundantly in horse-hair linings of 
chairs. I must mention the genus Adela , containing 
the Long-horn moths, the antennse of the males being of 
•extraordinary length. The Adela Degeerella is a beau¬ 
tiful insect, a wing under the microscope being like bur¬ 
nished gold, richly tinted with purple. The larva feeds 
on the wood anemone. 
The Pterophorina is a very small group, as represented 
in this country. The fore-wings are cleft more or less 
deeply. The hind-wings are split into three distinct 
feathers ; hence they are often called Plume moths. 
The perfect insects appear in October, and, hybernating, 
are seen again in the spring. 
In the Alucitina, of which group there is only one 
British species ( Alucita polydactyla ), each wing is di¬ 
vided almost from the base into six distinct feathers 
(see Plate III., Fig. 8). It is a prettily marked and 
elegant little moth, common in houses and outbuildings, 
on the walls of which it may be seen resting with 
