LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 757 



131. Cryptolechia TRIPUNCTELLA. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi capitis latitudine plus cluplo longiores, arti- 

 culo 2o apice nigricante ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce 

 elongalce, punctis tribus discalibus nigris, costa basi convexa, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticce ceneo-cinerea. 



Female, Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, slender, 

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

 blackish at the tip ; third setitbrm, little more than half the length 

 of the second. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous, tiuged wiih 

 aeneous. Legs smooth, short. Win^s elongate, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with three black points in the disk ; 

 first point before the middle; second behind the first; third beyond 

 the middle ; costa convex towards the base ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



132. Cryptolechia murinella. 



Foem. Murina ; palpi capitis latitudine non longiores; abdomen 

 cinereum, alas posticas perpaullo superans ; tibial posticce 

 fimbriate; aim anticde margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



Female. Mouse-colour. Under side, abdomen and hind 

 wings cinereous. Palpi smooth, not longer than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very little beyond the head. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings 

 elongate, slightly rounded at the tips. Fore wings without markings ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



133. Cryptolechia ferrorubella. 



Chalybaea; abdomen cupreo-rufum ; tibia posticce fimbriates ; alee 

 anticce sat angusta, apice subrotundata 3 , fascia cana diffusa 

 subobliqua, linea exteriore transversa cinerea undulata subden- 

 ticulata. 



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