LEPIBOPTERA HETEROCERA. 759 



Male. White. Palpi smooth, much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint black above towards the base ; third seti- 

 form, much shorter than the second. Antenna? smooth. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae fringed. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with black speckles, which are 

 mostly confluent, except towards the base ; four blackish discal 

 points, two before the middle, the other two beyond the middle ; 

 two incomplete diffuse blackish bands ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Female. — Cinereous. 

 Third joint of the palpi almost as long as the second. Abdomen 

 attenuated; oviduct exserted. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



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



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



136. Cryptolechia inceptella. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi graciltimi ; antennae pubes- 

 centes ; abdomen Jlavo -cine re um ; tibiae posticce fimbriates ; 

 alee antica apice rectangulatce, lineis duabus transversis fiexis 

 e punctis roseis, maculis duabus costulibus punctisque tribus 

 marginalibus purpureo-cinereis, cosia fimbnaque roseis ; pos- 

 ticce fiavo-cinerece. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, very 

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

 setiform, nearly as long as the second. Antennae minutely pubes- 

 cent. Abdomen and hind wings yellowish cinereous, the former 

 extending very little beyond the latter. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings 

 elougate, rather broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; two 

 transverse outward-bent lines of rosy points, ending in two purplish 

 cinereous costal spots, one before the middle, the other beyond the 

 middle ; three purplish cinereous points along the fore part of the 

 exterior border ; costa and fringe rosy, the former very slightly 

 convex towards the base ; exterior border straight, oblique towards 

 the interior angle. Length of the body 4J lines ; of the wings 

 15 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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