84 CHARACTERS OF UNDESCR1BED 



very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 4i lines ; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



43. TINEA ARCTIELLA. Mas. Nigra, capite ochraceo, palpis por- 

 rectis late fimbriatis articulo 3o lanceolate, antennis dense setosis, 

 abdomine fascia ventrali lata ochracea, alis anticis apice rotundatis 

 plagis quinque magnis elongatis guttaque costali subapicali flavescente 

 albis, alis posticis luteis plaga discoidali magna fasciaque marginali 

 informi punctum luteum includente nigris bisconnexis. 



Male. Black. Head above ochraceous. Palpi porrect, short, 

 slender, broadly fringed; third joint lanceolate. AntennsB densely 

 setose. Abdomen beneath with a broad ochraceous band. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips, with five large yellowish white patches 

 and a yellowish white costal subapical dot; first patch forming a 

 very irregular band near the base; second, third and fourth trans- 

 versely elongated ; second costal, in a line between the third and the 

 fourth, which are on the interior border ; fifth exterior, forming a very 

 irregular band. Hind wings luteous ; an irregular black band on 

 the exterior border, dilated at the tip, near which it is doubly con- 

 nected by a short line with a large black patch in the disk ; a luteous 

 subapical point; under side black, with two interrupted irregular 

 luteous bands and a luteous subapical dot. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



44. TINEA NIVIBRACTELLA. Mas. Cuprea, corpore subtus ab- 

 domine pedibusque auratis, capite albo-fasciculato, palpis nigris 

 deflexis caput paullo superantibus articulo 3o albo 2i dimidio lion 

 longiore, abdomine alas posticas longe superante fascicule apicali 

 parvo, pedibus anticis nigris, alis anticis apice subrotundatis plagis 

 quinque albis, alis posticis a3neis firnbria pallide aurata. 



Male. Cupreous. Body beneath, abdomen and legs gilded. 

 Head above and in front with a short and very thick white tuft. 

 Palpi black, diverging, extending a little beyond the head ; third 

 joint white, not more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender. Abdomen extending more beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft small. Legs smooth ; fore legs mostly black. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips, with five white patches ; first patch 

 forming near the base a broad band, which does not extend to the 

 costa; second and third costal, somewhat triangular, nearly con- 

 nected with the fourth and fifth, which are less regular ; fourth on 

 the interior border ; fifth on the exterior border ; under side aeneous, 

 with a white spot on the fringe. Hind wings aeneous, with a pale 

 gilded fringe. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



