762 CATALOGUE OF 



141. CRYPTOLECHIA ABSTERSELLA. 



Mas. Alb% ; vertex fusco maculatus ; palpi articulo 2o sabfim- 

 briato basi fuses ; antenna subsetulosce ; abdomen Jiavescens ; 

 tarsi nigro fasciati ; tibia antica nigro punctata ; pedes pos- 

 tici Jiavescentes, tibiis fimbriatis ; alee anlicce flavido-alba, 

 apice rotundata, fasciis duabus indeterminatis pallidissirne 

 cervinis, strigis tribus posticis transversis indeterminatis albis 

 nigricante submarginatis, fascia marginali obscure cinerea 

 lineolam albam nigricante marginatam includente, costa gib- 

 bosa ; postica anea. 



Male. Silvery white. Body yellowish beneath. Palpi curved, 

 obliquely ascending, much longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint brown, except at the tip, with a short fringe on the 

 under side; third setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae 

 setulose, little more than half the length of the fore wings. Hind 

 tibiae fringed. Fore wings lanceolate, ochraceous at the base; an 

 ochraceous band, which extends from beyond the middle of the 

 costa to the interior border near the base ; an acutely angular ochra- 

 ceous band, which extends obliquely from the tip to the disk, and 

 thence to the hiud end of the exterior border, and is there parallel 

 to an ochraceous streak, which extends from the disk to the interior 

 angle ; exterior border with ochraceous points. Hind wings slightly 

 cinereous; fringe yellowish, very long towards the interior angle. 

 Length of the body 4 ? lines; of the wings 10 lines, 



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



b. Sydney. From Mr. Lamberts' collection. „ 



142. CRYPTOLECHIA ABALIENELLA. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea, robusta ; antenna pubescentes ; tibia 

 postica subfimbriata ; ala antica latiuscula, breviuscula,vix 

 acuta > plaga postica atomisque submarginalibus fuscis ; pos- 

 tica fuscescente-cinerea, 



Male. Pale ochraceous, stout. Palpi smooth, slender, very 

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

 nearly as long as the second. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae 

 slightly fringed. Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings 

 slightly acute ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly convex, 



