476 CATOLOGUE OF 



Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Head pilose above. 

 Palpi slender, not extending beyond the head. Abdomen and hind 

 wings cinereous. Fore wings minutely speckled with cinereous: 

 a longitudinal fusiform depressed mark in the disk at a little before 

 the middle. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



73. Tinea atomosella. 



Mas. Testaceo-cinerea ; palpi laves, caput superantes, articulo So 

 lineari ; alee anticce angustce, apice rotundatce, atomis guttaque 

 discali nigris ; posticee cinerece. 



Male. Testaceous-cinereous. Palpi smooth, extending rather 

 beyond the head ; third joint linear, less than half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Hind tibiae slightly 

 pilose ; spurs very long. Wings narrow. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips, with numerous minute black speckles ; a black dot in the 

 disk beyond the middle ; under side purplish aeneous. Length of 

 the body 1\ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



74. Tinea abligatella. 



Fcem. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; abdomen alas posticas longissime 

 superans ; pedes validi, calcaribus longissimis ; alee anticce 

 angustce, apice rotundatce, nigro conspersce, gutta discali exte- 

 riore nigra ; posticee cinerece. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Under side, abdomen, 

 legs and hind wings cinereous. Abdomen extending for nearly all 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, stout ; spurs very 

 long. Wings narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, minutely 

 speckled with black ; a black dot in the disk at two-thirds of the 

 length. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



75. Tinea abactella. 



Fcem. Pallidissime cervina ; abdomen alas posticas longissime 

 superans ; alee lanceolatce, anqusta ; anticce peracutce, nigro 

 subconspersa, apices versus valde attenuate?. 



