TINEINA

Extract

Eyes large and close together on the vertex. palpi, base of tongue and large basal joint of the antennæ, head and upper surface of the thorax, clothed with long blackish hairs, darker than the fore wings are, except at their base. The antennæ are more than twice the length of the wings and silvery white, the basal third dotted above with blackish. Wings and legs rich dark brown, changing with the light to green, blue, violet, bronze and golden.