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wings narrow, slightly acute, with an aeneous tinge ; a small palef 

 impressed patch in the middle of the disk ; exterior horder almost 

 straight, very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 2| lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a, b, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton, 



84. Tinea eissella* 



Fcem.' — Pallide Jlava ; palpi deflexi ; antenna sat robustm ; thorax 

 fuscus ; alee anticm vix acutce, macula discali, costa dimidio-* 

 que exterior e fuscis / posticce cinerece. Var. ft, — Thoracis 

 discus fuscus. 



Female, Pale yellow. Head pubescent. Palpi diverging^ 

 shorter than the breadth of the head. Antennae rather stout, hardly 

 more than half the length of the fore wings. Thorax; brown. Fore 

 wings hardly acute ; costa and exterior half brown ; a brown spot 

 contiguous to the oblique outline of the yellow part. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Var. (3* — Border of the thorax pale yellow. Length of 

 the body 2 — 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 — 6 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



6, c. Cevlon. Presented by S. H. K. Thwaites, Esq* 



85. Tinea amandatella, 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput albidum, lanuginosum ; palpi deflexi, ar-> 

 ticulo So lanceolato ; aim anticce augustee, nigricante con- 

 spersce, apice rotundatce, macula discaii oblonga albida semi" 

 hyalina, 



Male, Cinereous. Head whitish and lanuginous above. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, diverging, not longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antenna? 

 smooth, more than half the length of the fore wings. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very much beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Fore 

 wings narrow, rounded at the tips, thickly blackish-speckled, with a 

 whitish oblong semihyaline discal spot ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 





