LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 473 



Female. Brown. Head pale yellow. Palpi short, smooth ; 

 third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae 

 as long as the body. Abdomen cinereous ; oviduct exserted. Wings 

 acute, very narrow. Fore wings with a pale yellow stripe along the 

 interior border ; this stripe is somewhat jagged on its inner side, 

 and it is accompanied by a few black points beyond the oblique in- 

 terrupted and irregular band which proceeds from it to the apical 

 part of the costa. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 2£ 

 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Venezuela. Prom Mr. Dyson's collection. 



64. Tinea abscenselea. 



Mas. Albido-testacea ; palpi pubescentes, decumbentes, deflexi, 

 capitis latitudine multo longiores ; antennce glabra ; alee an- 

 ticat fusco subconspersa, apice rotundatai, guttis quatuor cos- 

 talibus, striga brevi lata obliqua, macula postica punctisque 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce albides. 



Male. Whitish testaceous. Head slightly tufted above. Palpi 

 stout, pubescent, decumbent, diverging, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the 

 second. Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen extending much be- 

 yond the hind wings. Legs rather stout. Wings narrow, rounded 

 at the tips. Fore wings thinly speckled with brown ; four black 

 costal dots ; a short broad oblique black streak between the first 

 and second dots ; some black points along the exterior border; a 

 black spot on the interior border in a line with the costal streak. 

 Hind wings whitish ; fringe long. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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daiiinificella, Zl. 

 Natal. 



farraginella, ZL 

 South Africa. 



Africa. 



65. Tinea damnificella. 



66. Tinea farraginella. 



