. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. TINEINA [ Nouration of Smlinula quadr mamUella. out of 8, 9 absent. Hindwings over £, lanceolate, cilia 2£ ; cell open between 2 and 6, 3-5 absent. Only the one species is known ; it must closely approach the common ancestral form of the two preceding genera. Its own origin is obscure, but may probably be referred to a very early form of the family, allied to Tinea and preserving much of the ancestral structure. Imago with forcwings lanceolate. 1. S. quadrimaculella, Boh. 7-9 mm. Head orange, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal cyecaps
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. TINEINA [ Nouration of Smlinula quadr mamUella. out of 8, 9 absent. Hindwings over £, lanceolate, cilia 2£ ; cell open between 2 and 6, 3-5 absent. Only the one species is known ; it must closely approach the common ancestral form of the two preceding genera. Its own origin is obscure, but may probably be referred to a very early form of the family, allied to Tinea and preserving much of the ancestral structure. Imago with forcwings lanceolate. 1. S. quadrimaculella, Boh. 7-9 mm. Head orange, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal cyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forc- wings bright shining purplish-coppery; yellow-whitish costal and dorsal opposite spots beyond middle. Hindwings dark fuscous. England to York, amongst alder, local; Holland, Sweden ; 7. 4. Opostbga, Z. Head rough, back of crown smooth. Tongue short or absent. Antennae -\, in 3 simple, basal joint very greatly enlarged, dilated and concave beneath to form a large eyeoap. Labial palpi short, filiform, drooping. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. Abdomen more or less flattened. Posterior tibiae and first joint of tarsi with long bristles. Forewings : lb simple, cell open between 2 and 11, 3-10 all absent; lower surface with large basal denuded patch below costa. Hindwings J-|, narrow-lanceolate, beneath with median pecten of stiff scales towards base, cilia 3-5; transverse vein absent between 2 and 5, 3 absent, 4 absent. A remarkable genus, repre- / senting the extreme of neural " degeneration; its origin is ex- ceedingly doubtful; though not large, it is probably nearly cos- Ne"ra""» °f°p<»«^or**™/.".-. mopolitan, more species being at present known from Australia than elsewhere. Imago with forewings lanceolate. Larva almost unknown. 1. Forcwings white . . .2. „ pale ochreous . .4. sjxdulella. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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