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Tinea pellionella, Linn.—The Fur Moth. 
. The larva of this species is destructive to furs, and may also occa¬ 
sionally^ be found in cases of insects in the entomologists cabinet. It 
is of a dirty white color, with head and cervical shield black. The 
^ . j i /> • 11 wings pale yellowish brown, dusted over 
with fuscous, especially at the costal portion of the base. It has a 
conspicuous dark brown spot on the end of the discal cell and two 
smaller spots of the same between this and the base of the wino- one 
about the middle of the disc and the other beneath it. Fringe the 
same as the ground color, or a little paler. Hind wings pale bluish 
gray, fringe a little darker. 
Remedies .—See Clothes Moth. 
Tinae biseliella, Hum.—The Hair Moth. 
Dr. Clemens says of this species, that the young larvae appear about 
two weeks after the eggs are deposited, and that they do not immedi¬ 
ately make a case. The mature larva is white, with a dark brown 
head and a cervical shield of the same hue. They reach their matu- 
rity about the middle of March, and climb the sides of the walls to 
the ceiling of_the room in which they feed, and suspend or attach 
then- cases. Besides working in material composed of hair these cater¬ 
pillars feed upon woolen substances, carpets, cloths, etc. The first 
brood of moths or perfect insects appear in May and another in Au¬ 
gust and September. 
The moth has the thorax and abdomen pale yellow ; the fore wings 
pale yellowish brown or pale yellow, with a silky lustre and without 
spots ; sometimes slightly dusted with fuscous on the costa at the base 
of the wing, and with a brownish spot on the end of the discal cell. 
Hind wings pale shining yellow. 
Remedies. Besides the remedies mentioned for the insects in the 
larva state under “Clothes Moth ” these may be swept the ceiling of 
rooms containing them in April or July and August. Bv thus des¬ 
troying the chrysalids the future deposit of eggs may be prevented. 
Tinea granella, Linn.—The Wolf or Grain Moth. 
The larva of this species, as described in “Packards Guide” and in 
the Agricultural Reports, feeds on grain after it is stored in the gran- 
at T- . It; . usually fastens together several kernels with silk, and feeds 
within its inclosure upon the contiguous parts of the grains, eatino- 
out the interior of several kernels before reaching maturity. The 
eggs from which these are produced are laid one or two on each kernel 
