LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1003 



Tinea abruptella. 

 abruptella, Wltn. 

 Madeira, Porto Santo. 



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Tinea ignotella. 



Foem. Cupreo-fusca ; palpi capitis latitudine non longiores, 

 articulo So lanceolate* ; abdomen alas posticas longissime supe- 

 rans ; tibia postica subfimbriala, guttis duabus discalibus 

 nigricantibus ; posticce cinerea. 



Female. Cupreous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, 

 not longer than the breadth of the head ; third joiut lanceolate, as 

 long as the second. Abdomen cinereous, extendiug very far beyond 

 the hind wings. Hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings narrow, 

 elongate. Fore wings slightly acute, with two blackish discal dots, 

 of which the fore one is beyond the middle, and the hind one is a 

 little nearer the base ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Tinea rejectella. 



Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, breves, graciles ; alee antica angusta, 

 acuta, vitta postica abbreviata pallide fiava ; posticce cinerece. 



Cinereous-brown. Body beneath, abdomen and legs cinereous. 

 Palpi porrect, short, slender. Wings narrow. Fore wings acute ; 

 a pale yellow stripe along the interior border, not extending to the 

 interior angle; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege s collection. 



Tinea incultella. 



Alba ; caput supra fasciculatum ; palpi graciles, breves, articulo 

 3o niyricante brevissimo ; thorax fusco conspersus ; alee antic a 

 angusta, fusco nigroque subconspersai, apice subrotundatce, 

 fasciis tribus indeterminatis fuscis. 



