LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 743 



pubescent. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae not fringed. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a short longitudinal 

 ferruginous streak in the disk before the middle, and with an oblique 

 irregular interrupted ferruginous line, which extends to the costa 

 beyond the middle ; a submarginal line like the preceding one but 

 less distinct; costa very slightly convex; exterior border convex, 

 not oblique. Hind wings cinereous-brown. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



95. Cryptolechia scitiorella. 



Mas. Fusca, sat robusta, subtus argenteo-alba ; palporum arti- 

 culus 2us extus fuscus, 3us apice nigricans ; antenna subpu- 

 bescentes ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; tibia? post icce 

 subfimbriata ; alee anticce latiuscula, apice rotundata?, lineis 

 duabus obliquis obscure fuscis vix denticulatis, \a antice 

 abbreviata, "2a intus cinereo marginata, linea marginali alba, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Brown, rather stout. Head, body beneath, palpi and 

 legs silvery white. Palpi twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint brown on the outer side ; third setiform, blackish at the 

 tip, shorter than the second. Antennae very minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the bind wings ; apical tuft pale 

 cinereous. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with a very short fringe. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with two dark brown 

 oblique hardly denticulated lines ; first line before the middle, much 

 abbreviated towards the costa ; second entire, bordered with cine- 

 reous on the inner side ; marginal line white, accompanied by black 

 points ; fringe and costa pale cinereous ; exterior border convex, 

 not oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



96. Cryptolechia murinella. 



Foem. Murina, subtus argenteo-alba ; alee anticce apice rotundatce, 

 striga apicali obliqua puncta cinerea includente, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris. 



Female. Mouse-colour. Head in front, body beneath, palpi 

 and legs silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, twice longer than 



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