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92. Tinea maurella. 



Foem, Nigricans, robusta ; palpi porrecti, articulo 2o subtus 

 fimbriate; antenna gracillimce ; pedes albido fasciati ; alee 

 antiece nigro subconspersa, punctis tribus costalibus elongatis 

 albidis. 



Female. Blackish, stout, dark brown beneath. Head pubescent 

 Palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 hinged beneath ; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 

 Antenna very slender, less than half the length of the fore wings. 

 Tibiae and tarsi with whitish bands. Wings rather broad. Fore 

 wings minutely black-speckled, rounded at the tips, with three 

 elongated whitish points along the exterior part of the costa ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



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93. Tinea anticella. 



Foem. Fusco-cinerea ; caput pallide flavum ; palpi brevissimi, 

 subdecumbentes ; antennce validce, breviusculce ; pectus et ab- 

 domen pallide cinerea ; alee antiece apice rotundatce. 



Female. Brownish cinereous, smooth, shining. Head pale 

 yellow. Palpi very short, slightly decumbent: third joint very 

 minute. Antenna? stout, not more than half the length of the tore 

 wings. Pectus, abdomen and legs pale cinereous. Abdomen 

 extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly convex, 

 very oblique. Leugth of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 



94. Tinea meliorella. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; caput niveum, dense vestitum ; pectus et 

 abdomen aurato-Jiava ; palpi extus nigri ; tibice dense fim- 

 briate ; alee antiece nigro punctata, apice subrotundata, plaga 

 basali maxima, plaga costali liturisque nonnullis minimis 

 albis, fimbria obscure fusca albo uninolatu ; posticce purpureo- 

 cuprece, fimbria auralo-fiava. 



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