

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 751 



Male, Yellowish white, smooth, stout. Palpi smooth, nearly 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint mostly 

 blackish ; third setiform, as long as the second. Antennae stout, 

 smooth. Thorax pale ochraceous. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the bind wings; apical tuft rather large. Hind tibiae stout, 

 slightly fringed. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; costa 

 and fringe pale ochraceous ; under side blackish cinereous ; exterior 

 border straight, moderately oblique. Hind wings dark cinereous ; 

 fringe pale ochraceous. Var. (3. — Head, thorax and fore wings 7 

 silvery white; thorax, costa and fringe slightly tinged with ochra- 

 ceous. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



a, Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



b, c. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



d. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



e, Moretou Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



118. Cryptolechia cognatella. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba ; oculi ochraceo marginati ; palpi ochracei, 

 articulo 3o albo ; abdomen vix flavesceus ; pedes ochracei ; aim 

 anticce fimbria apice costaque ochraceis. 



Male. Closely allied to C. placidella. Silvery white. Head 

 above about the eyes, palpi, antennae, legs and costa of the fore 

 wings ochraceous. Third joint of the palpi white, shorter than the 

 second. Abdomen very slightly tinged with yellow, cinereous 

 beneath. Fore wings dark cinereous beneath, except the fringe, 

 which is slightly tipped with ochraceous. Hind wings cinereous 

 beneath along the costa and at the tips. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a, Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



119. Crypto lechia nivella. 



Nivea ; palpi capitis latitudine duplo longiores ; tibice posticce non 

 fimbriates ; aim anticm longce, sat angustce, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo. 



Pure white. Palpi smooth, slender, twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head; third joint setiform, as long as the second. 

 Hind tibiae not fringed. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore 



