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81. Tinea receptella. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; caput pilosum ; palpi pilosis breves ; antenna 

 gracillimce ; alee anticce subfalcatce, atomis plagisque quatuor 

 discalibus parvis nigris ; posticce purpureo-f usees. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head and palpi pilose. Palpi porrect, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint very minute. 

 Antenna? very slender. Fore wings acute, sub falcate, with black 

 speckles, some of which are contiguous and form four small discal 

 patches ; cosia hardly convex; exterior border very oblique; under 

 side and hind wings brown, tinged with purple. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Cejlon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



b. Ceylon. From M. Nietnei's collection. 



82. Tinea longella. 



Alba; caput subfasciculatum ; palpi porrecti ; tibice posticce fim- 

 briates ; alee anticce nigro-chalybece, sat angustce, apice rotun- 

 dates, siriga lata costali alba biangulata ; posticce obscure 

 ceneo-cinerece. 



White. Head slightly tufted. Palpi porrect, extending very 

 little beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, much shorter 

 than tbe second. Antennas rather stout, much shorter than the fore 

 wings. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 blackish chalybeous, rounded at the tips, with a broad white costal 

 streak, which extends from before the middle nearly to the tip, and 

 forms two slight angles on its hind side ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Hind wings dark cinereous, with an aeneous tinge. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



83. Tinea impressella. 



Fcem. 'Pallide cinereo-cervina ; caput niveum, lanuginosum ; 

 palpi subdeflexi, articulo So parvo ; antenncs sat robustee ; 

 alee anticce angustce, subacute, plaga discali subexcavata ; 

 posticce cinerece. 

 Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Head lanuginous, snow- 

 white. Palpi porrect, slightly deflexed, shorter than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint acute, minute. Antenna? rather stout. Fore 



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