LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 755 



127. Cryptolechta latiorella. 



Mas. Pallid issime cervina, sat gracilis ; antennce setulosce ; tibiae 

 posticce pilosce ; alee anticce lata, nigra subconspersce, punctis 

 duobus nigris, linea submarginali valde arcuata e punctis 

 nigris ; postica albida-cinerece. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, rather slender. Antennae setu- 

 lose. Legs slender ; hind tibiae clothed with short hairs. Wings 

 broad ; fringe rather long. Fore wings nearly rectangular at the 

 tips, very minurely black-speckled ; two black points in the disk, 

 one before the middle, the other beyond the middle ; a transverse 

 submarginal curved line of black points; costa hardly convex; ex- 

 terior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings whitish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



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



128. Cryptolechia sordidella. 



Foem. Pallide cinereo-fusca ; palporum articulus 2us squamosus, 

 valde arcuatus ; abdomen attenuatum, lateribus fasciculatis ; 

 alee, anticce nigra conspersce, nigricante ex parte nebulosct, 

 guttis sex lineaque diffusa submarginali brevi arcuata nigris; 

 posticce cinerea. 



Female. Pale cinereous-brown, paler beneath. Palpi very 

 much longer than the breadth of the head, extending over the hind 

 border of the latter ; second joint squamous, much curved ; third 

 setiform, straight, much shorter than the second. Antennae slender. 

 Abdomen attenuated, extending far beyond the hind wings, with 

 small tufts along each side ; oviduct exserted. Legs slender, squa- 

 mous, rather long. Wings long, moderately broad, slightly rounded 

 at the tips. Fore wings minutely black-speckled, partly blackish- 

 shaded in the disk ; three black discal dots, behind which there are 

 three less distinct dots ; first dot before one-fourth of the length of 

 the wing ; second dot before the middle; third beyond the middle, 

 prolonged hindward ; a diffuse short curved transverse black sub- 

 marginal line ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 

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



