LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 769 



very deeply retracted towards the eosta ; two blackish points in the 

 disk nearer the base, and a submarginal curved line of blackish 

 points ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique ; under side 

 with a brownish tinge. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 15 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



155. Cryptolechia lichenella. 



Mas. Flavescente-alba, gracilis; palporum articulus Sus nigro 

 fasciculatus ; antennae vix pubescentes ; abdomen cinereum ; 

 pedes nigricante fasciati ; alee antica elongata, sat angusta, 

 subacute, guttis sex cos tali bus nigris, strigis sex discalibus 

 guttisque quatuor marginalibus ferrugineis ; postica aneo- 

 cinerea. 



Male. Yellowish white, slender. Palpi twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, with a small black tuft 

 before its middle, a little shorter than the second. Antennae hardly 

 pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Tibiae and tarsi with blackish bands. Wings elongate, 

 rather narrow. Fore wings slightly acute, with six black costal dots 

 and with six ferruginous streaks in the disk; of these the longest is 

 near the base and is slightly bent; two are contiguous to the third 

 and fourth costal dots, and one is transverse and more exterior than 

 the others ; four ferruginous dots along the exterior border, which 

 is slightly convex and moderately oblique. Hind wings aeneous- 

 cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New Zealand, Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Country unknown. 



156. Cryptolechia spurcatella. 



Mas. Cinerea ; antenna pubescentes; abdomen aneo-fuscescens ; 

 tibia postica non fimbriata ; ala anticce apice rotundata, vitta 

 postica latissima aneo-fusca ; postica aneo-fusca. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi smooth, slender, much longer than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, shorter than the 

 second. Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen above, except at 

 the tip, and hind wings brownish, with an aeneous tinge. Legs 



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