LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 753 



White. Palpi slightly curved, nearly vertical ; very much 

 longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, much 

 shorter than the second. Antenna? smooth, about half the length of 

 the fore wings. Legs smooth. Fore wings long, rather narrow, 

 hardly acute, brownish beneath ; fringe long. Length of the body 

 4? lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



123. Cryptolechia privatella. 



Mas. Cervina; palpi articulo 2o fusco ; antenna pubescentes ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce lata?, apice rectangulata?, 

 nigro consperste, punctis tribus discalibus punctisque submar- 

 ginalibus nigris, costa vix convexa ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Fawn-colour, shining. Palpi smooth, slender, more 

 than twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint brown, 

 except towards the tip ; third setiform, shorter than the second. 

 Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous, the 

 former hardly extending beyond the latter. Legs smooth. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings very minutely speckled with black, rectangular 

 at the tips ; two minute black points before the middle, one behind 

 the other ; a larger black discal point beyond the middle; a curved 

 row of minute submarginal black points; costa and exterior border 

 very slightly convex, the latter slightly oblique. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



124. Cryptolechia triph^enatella. 



Mas et fcem. Cervina ; palporum articulus 2us fuscus ; abdomen 

 rufo-fuscum, segmentis Jlaveseente marginatis ; alee anticce 

 apice rectangulatcE, postice purpurascente-rufce, puncto discali 

 nigro, costa Icete rufa; posticce aurato-Jlavce, cupreo mar- 

 ginatce. 



Male and female. Fawn-colour. Body mostly yellow beneath. 

 Palpi smooth, longer than the breadth of the head, partly brown ; 

 third joint setiform, much shorter than the second. Antenna? of the 

 male pubescent. Abdomen reddish brown ; hind borders of the 

 segments yellowish. Legs gilded yellow; anterior 4e2"s partly 

 brownish and rosy; hind tibia? fringed. Wings broad. Fore wiDgs 

 rectangular at the tips, more or less purplish red hindward, with a 





