LBPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
471 
North America. 
57. Tinea insignisella. 
Foem. Nigro-cuprea ; caput pectus et abdomen albida ; palpi ob- 
lique ascendentes , capitis latitudine breviores ; antenna sat 
valuta ; tibia postica fimbriata ; ala antica sat angusta , 
chalybao varia , apice rotundata , strigis duabus latis albidis , 
punctis marginalibus albis ; postica anea. 
Female . Blackish cupreous. Head, palpi, pectus, abdomen 
and legs whitish. Palpi obliquely ascending, shorter than the 
breadth of the head ; third joint conical. Antennae rather stout, 
much shorter than the fore wings. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings 
rather narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, varied with chaly- 
heous ; a broad whitish streak along the middle part of the costa 
and another along the outer part of the interior border ; some white 
points along the exterior border and along the apical part of the 
costa ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings aeneous ; fringe 
long, cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a — d. St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Bay. Presented 
by Dr. Barnston. 
58. Tinea suBxTunctella. 
Mas. Cinerea ; caput flavo-cinereum densissime pilosum ; palpi 
supra nigricantes , capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; tibia 
postica dense fimbriata ; ala sat angusta , subtus nigricantes ; 
antica vix acuta , villa lata subundulata punctisque nigris ; 
postica anea, fimbria cinerea. 
Male. Cinereous. Head yellowish cinereous, very thickly 
clothed. Palpi diverging, blackish above, a little longer than the 
breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 
second. Antennae smooth, rather stout, much shorter than the fore 
wings. Abdomen attenuated, extending for half its length beyond 
the hind wings. Hind tibiae thickly fringed. Wings rather nar- 
row, blackish beneath. Fore wings hardly acute, with a broad 
blackish irregular slightly undulating stripe, which extends to the 
costa near the base, and is accompanied by black points exteriorly ; 
costa very slightly convex ; exterior border slightly convex, mode- 
rately oblique. Hind wings aeneous ; fringe cinereous. Length of 
the body 2f lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter’s collection. 
