LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1813 



head ; third joint lanceolate, not more than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae thickly setulose. Abdomen cinereous, extending 

 much beyoud the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs rather long 

 and slender; spurs long, slender. Fore wings rather broad, rounded 

 at the tips ; four pale gilded yellow bands ; third and fourth narrower 

 and more irregular than the first and second ; second and third 

 forked near the costa ; fringe with pale gilded yellow streaks ; exte- 

 rior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings aeneous; fringe 

 pale gilded yellow. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 1 1 lines. 



ct, h, Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Tinea oecophorella. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi fusci, porrecti, caput non superantes ; thorax 

 eeneo-fuscus, antice albus ; abdomen aurato-jlavum ; alee anticce 

 latiusculce, apice rotundatce, fasciis tribus fuscis ochraceo pal' 

 lido variis, linea inter fascias 2am et 3am obliqua undulata, 

 plaga marginali fusca. 



Male, White. Body beneath and legs gilded yellow. Palpi 

 brown, porrect, not extending beyond the head; third joint conical, 

 very minute. Antennae rather stout, minutely pubescent. Thorax 

 aeneous-brown, except in front. Abdomen and hind wings gilded 

 yellow. Fore wings rather broad, rounded at the tips; three irre- 

 gular brown bands, varied with pale ochraceous ; first band basal ; 

 second slightly antemedial, connected with the third by an oblique 

 undulating brown line; third occupying the interior border and the 

 hind part of the fringe, nearly connected in front with a marginal 

 brown patch, which includes three white dots on the fringe ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 

 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Tinea contactella. 



Mas et foem. Plumbeo-alba ; palpi lati, deflexi^Jimbriati, subtus 

 cenei, capitis latitudine non breviores, articulo So brevissimo ; 

 aim anticce angusta, subacute, vittis duabus fasciaque submar- 

 ginali aneis, fasciculis quatuor nigris erectis ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



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