LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. 1719 



Nephopteryx FAVILLIFERELLA. 



Mas. Fuscescens, gracilis, cano conspersa ; palpi subascendentes, 

 subtus late fimbriati, capitis latitudine paullo breviores, 

 articulo 3o lanceolato ; palpi maxillares longi ; antennce sub- 

 pubescentes ; aloe antica angustuc, vix acuta, cano conspersce, 

 nigro subconspersoe, slrigulis paucis nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Brownish, slender, hoary-speckled, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi squamous, slightly ascending, broadly fringed beneath, a little 

 shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate; maxil- 

 lary palpi nearly as long as the labial palpi. Antennae minutely 

 pubescent., Abdomeu extending much beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft elongate. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute, thickly 

 hoary-speckled, thinly black-speckled, with a few short black streaks ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



Nephopteryx cinigerella. 



Foern. Fuscescens, albido conspersa ; palpi porrecti, robusti, capitis 

 latitudine multo longiores, articulo 3o lanceolato ; alee antictc 

 angustcc, apice rotundatce, gutta postica antemedia, punctis 

 antemediis strigisque exterioribus nigris, linea antemedia 

 albida angulosa. 



Female. Brownish, whitish-speckled, slender, cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi porrect, stout, much longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antenna) slender. Abdomen ciuereous. Legs moderately stout. 

 Fore wings narrow, rounded ot the tips, with some black points near 

 the base, with some exterior black streaks on the veins, and with a 

 black dot near the base of the interior border; a zigzag whitish line 

 near the base; exterior border rounded, very oblique. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3£ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Swau River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Nephopteryx desuetella. 



Foem. Pallide cervina ; palpi graciles, subarcuati, oblique ascend- 

 entes, articulo So parvo ; ales anticce angustce, apice rotund- 

 atce, fascia antemedia non obliqua pallide cinerea fuscescente 



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