lxxii Mr. J. Sircom's Descriptions of Tineidce. 



Tabanus truncatus, fern. 



Fuscus, vittis tribtis cinereis, lateribus pectoreque canis, abdomine cinereo fasciis sub- 

 interruptis fuscis ornato, antennis nigris basi piceis, pedibus fulvis, femoribns 

 tarsisque anticis nigris, alis cinereis basi et ad costam subfulvis. 



Head gray above, hoary and clothed with black and white hairs beneath : eyes 

 bronzed, parted above by a very broad interval ; all the facets very small : sucker 

 black ; lancets pale ferruginous ; palpi tawny, with a hoary tinge, clothed with short 

 black hairs : feelers black, adorned with a hoaiy tinge ; first and second joints pitchy, 

 clothed with short black hairs ; third joint slightly convex beneath, rather more con- 

 vex and indistinctly angular above ; compound joint slightly tapering, almost straight, 

 shorter than the third joint, its divisions not very compact: chest dark brown, adorned 

 with three indistinct gray stripes ; sides and breast hoary : abdomen gray, obconical, 

 a little longer and broader than the chest ; fore border of each segment adorned with 

 a dark brown band, which is almost interrupted in the middle : legs tawny, clothed 

 with short tawny hairs ; feet towards the tips, claws, fore thighs and fore feet black ; 

 foot-cushions tawny : wings gray, with a slight tawny tinge at the base and along 

 the fore border; brands pale brown; wing-ribs pitchy; veins black, pitchy at the base 

 and along the fore border ; curve of the tip cross-vein inclining to an obtuse angle ; 

 scales gray, with pitchy borders ; poisers pitchy. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. An aberrant species. 



New Zealand. 



Francis Walker. 



Art. II. — Descriptions of Two New Species oj Tineida. 

 By John Sircom, Jun., Esq. 



GELECHIA AOtTMINATELLA. 



Exp. \ inch. Anterior wings ashy brown, acutely terminated, with a very indis- 

 tinct angulated fascia towards the apex ; posterior wings and cilia ashy : head and 

 palpi rather paler ; antennae dark brown : hind legs ashy, with dark spots. 



July 28th, Brislington. Two specimens. 



Gelechia pulliginella. 



Exp. 4* lines. Anterior wings of an uniform dark brown, with a row of deeper 

 coloured spots round the apical margin, and a second round the middle of the fringe ; 

 posterior wings ashy ; cilia brown : head ashy ; antennae dark brown : hind legs ashy. 

 July, Durdham Down. Two specimens. 



John Sieoom, Jun. 

 Brislington. 

 December 18, 1849. 



