LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 475 



rotundatce, plagis fuscescentibus nigricante albidoqae mar- 

 ginatis, atomis nonnullis nigris, covta subfuscescente gutlis 

 quatuor albidis ; posticce nigro-fuscee. 



Male. Dull pale ochraceous, paler beneath. Head with short 

 erect hairs. Palpi porrect, as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint thickly fringed beneath; third nearly linear, much 

 shorter than the second. Antennae stout, minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen brown above, extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with some brownish patches, which 

 are more or less blackish-bordered ; some little irregular whitish 

 lines along the borders of the patches ; a few black speckles ; costa 

 slightly brownish, with a whitish dot on its middle, and three whitish 

 dots near its tip. Hind wiugs blackish brown, acute. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darners collection.* 



71. Tinea erinacea. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput pilosum; palpi porrecti, breves, pilosi ; 

 tibice posticce late fimbria tee ; alee anticce nigricante strigatce, 

 lituris basalibus apicibusque ochraceis, fasciculis albidis; 

 posticee cenece, subtus purpurascentes. 



Female. Cinereous. Head and palpi pilose. Palpi porrect, 

 extending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. 

 Antenna? long. Abdomen lanceolate; oviduct exserted. Hind 

 tibiae broadly fringed. Wings with a long fringe. Fore wings 

 rounded and ochraceous at the tips, minutely and transversely 

 blackish streaked; some small basal ochraceous marks; several 

 discal tufts of long whitish bristles. Hind wings aeneous, purplish 

 beneath; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



"This moth carries the bristles of the wings erect when 

 ! alive."— MSS. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



72. Tinea concolorella. 



Foem. Fusca ; caput pilosum; palpi graciles, breves; alee 

 anticee cinereo conspersee, litura concava fusiformi ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



* Inserted by mistake among the African species. 



