LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 471 



North America. 



37. Tinea insignisella. 



Foera. Nigro-cuprea ; caput pectus et abdomen albida ; palpi ob- 

 lique ascendenteSj capitis latitudine breviores ; antennae sat 

 valid a ; tibia posticce fimbriates; alee ahticce sat angustoe, 

 chalybcco varies, apice rotundatce, strigis duabus latis albidis, 

 punctis marginalibus albis ; posticce cenecp. 



Female. Blackish cupreous. Head, palpi, pectus, abdomen 

 and legs whitish. Palpi obliquely ascending, shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint conical. Antennae rather stout, 

 much shorter than the fore wings. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings 

 rather narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, varied with chaly- 

 beous ; a broad whitish streak along the middle part of the costa 

 and another along the outer part of the interior border ; some white 

 points along the exterior border and along the apical part of the 

 costa ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings aeneous ; fringe 

 long, cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a — d. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented 

 by Dr. Barnston. 



58. Tinea subjunctella. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput flavo-cinereum, densissime pilosum ; palpi 

 supra nigricantes, capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; tibia 

 pestica dense fimbriate ; alee sat anyustce, subtus nigricantes ; 

 anticce vix acuta., vitta lata subundulata punctisque nigris ; 

 posticce cenece, fimbria cinerea. 



Male. Cinereous. Head yellowish cinereous, very thickly 

 clothed. Palpi diverging, blackish above, a little longer than the 

 breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 

 I second. Antennae smooth, rather stout, much shorter than the fore 

 I wings. Abdomen attenuated, extending for half its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Hind tibiae thickly fringed. Wings rather nar- 

 row, blackish beneath. Fore wings hardly acute, with a broad 

 blackish irregular slightly undulating stripe, which extends to the 

 costa near the base, and is accompanied by black points exteriorly ; 

 I costa very slightly convex ; exterior border slightly convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. Hind wings aeneous ; fringe cinereous. Length of 

 the body 2f lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a, 6. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



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