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96. Tinea plagiatella. 



Mas. Subochraceo-albida ; abdomen fusco-cinereum ; alee anticce 

 angustce, vix acutce, fusco conspersce, slriga basaii maculisque 

 quatuor nigricantibus, )iiacula postica alba, maculis tribus 

 costalibus strigisque duabus exterioribus fuscis, plagis duabus 

 discalibus ochraceis ; posticce cenece. 



Male. Whitish, Head and thorax slightly tinged with ochra- 

 ceous. Abdomen brownish cinereous above, extending much beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 irregularly speckled with brown ; a blackish streak extending from 

 the base ; two blackish spots in the disk, opposite two others on the 

 interior border ; a white spot behind the second blackish spot ; three 

 brown costal spots ; two brown exterior streaks, one extending to 

 the fore part of the exterior border, the other to the interior angle ; 

 two diffuse ochraceous discal patches ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Hind wings aeneous. Length of the body 2f lines; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



97. Tinea admotella. 



Mas. Cinerea, sat robusta ; palpi decumbentes, capitis latiludine 

 paullo longiores, articulo 3o lanceolato ; antenna g lab rce ; pedes 

 validi ; alee antica angustm, sat acutce, fusco conspersce. 



Male. Cinereous, rather stout. Palpi decumbent, smooth, a 

 little longer than the breadth of the head ; third joiut lanceolate, 

 about half the length of the second. Antenna? smooth, not more 

 than half the length of the fore wings. Abdomen extending very 

 much beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings acute, thickly speckled with brown ; exterior 

 border slightly curved, rather oblique. Length of the body 2J-— 3 

 lines ; of the wings 6 — 8 lines. 



a — c. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



98. Tinea? derogatella. 



Foem. Cinerea; caput albidum; palpi decumbentes, articulo 3o 

 longi-conico ; alee anticce alba, strigulis transversis nigris, 

 fascia maculuque quatuor marginalibus aurato-cervinis nigro 

 marginatis ,• posticce fimbria subaurata. 



