758 CATALOGUE OF 



Chalybeous. Abdomen and hind wings coppery red. Legs 

 stout, short ; hind tibiae fringed. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly 

 rounded at the tips, with a diffuse hoary slightly oblique band at 

 one-fourth of the length ; a transverse undulating slightly denticu- 

 lated cinereous line at rive-sixths of the length ; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



134. Cryptolechia confertella. 



Mas et fcem. Cinerea, nigro conspersa ; antennae maris setulosi 

 abdomen aneum ; tibia postica subfimbriata ; alee anticce 

 lata, punctis discalibus, tinea submarginali punctulari arcuatct 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris,striga obliqua costali plagaque 

 exteriore fuscis nigro notatis. 



Male and female. Cinereous, black -speckled, paler cinereous. 

 Palpi smooth, longer than the breadth of the head; third joint seti- 

 form, much shorter than the second. Antenna? of the male setulose, 

 slender. Abdomen and hind winjjs aeneous, the former not extending 

 beyond the latter. Legs short, rather stout ; hind tibiae broadly 

 fringed in the male, slightly fringed in the female. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with some black points in 

 the disk, and with a regular outward-curved submarginal line of 

 black points ; a broad oblique streak extending outward from the 

 costa to the disk, and a patch in the exterior disk, both brown, black- 

 marked ; marginal points black ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 hardly oblique. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 

 14 — 16 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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



135. Cryptolechia afflictella. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi articulo 2o ban nigro ; antenna glabra ; tibia 

 posticce fimbria ta ; ala antica nigro conspersa, punctis quatuor 

 discalibus fasciisque duabus indeterminalis nigricantibus ; 

 poslica cinerea. Fcem. — Cinerea; abdomen attenuatum 7 

 oviductu exserto. 



