LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 677 



49. (Ecophora Hecatella. 

 Hecatella, Nwm. 



Australia. 



50. (Ecophora letiorella. 



Fcem. Late flava ; palporum articulus Sus nigricans ; thorax 

 antice purpureus ; libice postica subincrassatce ; alee antica 

 fasciis duabus talis chalyhao-purpureis, fimbria postica 

 cuprea ; postica cuprea,jlavo fimbriate. 



Female. Bright yellow. Palpi slender, twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head; third joint blackish, much shorter than the 

 second. Thorax purple in front. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings. Hind tibia? slightly incrassated. Wings broad, 

 with a broad fringe. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with two 

 broad purple chalybeous-shining bands; first band very near the 

 base; second very near the exterior border, contracted on its inner 

 side near the costa and near the interior border ; fringe cupreous 

 towards the interior angle ; exterior border slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings cupreous, with a yellow fringe. Length of the body 4£ lines; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



51. (Ecophora divisella. 



Mas et foem. Alba; palpi basi nigri; antenna subpubescentes ; 

 thorax maculis duabus cupreo-fuscis ; abdomen aurato- 

 Jiavum ; ala antica apice reetangulata, macula basali, fasciis 

 duabus latis fimbriaque cupreo-fuscis ; postica aurato-flava. 



Male and female. White. Palpi black towards the base, twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, as long 

 as the second. Antennae minutely pubescent. Thorax with a dark 

 eupreous-brown spot on each side in front. Abdomen and hind 

 wings pale gilded yellow. Fore wings rather broad, rectangular at 

 the tips ; a spot on the base of the costa, two broad bands and the 

 fringe dark cupreous-brown ; exterior border very slightly oblique. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 

 c. Australia. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



