LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
473 
Female . Brown. Head pale yellow. Palpi short, smooth ; 
third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae 
as long as the body. Abdomen cinereous ; oviduct exserted. Wings 
acute, very narrow. Fore wings with a pale yellow stripe along the 
interior border ; this stripe is somewhat jagged on its inner side, 
and it is accompanied by a few black points beyond the oblique in- 
terrupted and irregular band which proceeds from it to the apical 
part of the costa. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 2\ 
lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Venezuela. Prom Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
64. Tinea abscensella. 
Mas. Albido-testacea ; palpi pubescentes , decumbentes , deflexi , 
capitis latitudine multo longiores ; antennae glabrae ; aloe an - 
ticae fusco subconspersae , apice rotundatae , guttis quatuor cos- 
talibus , striga brevi lata obliqua , macula postica punctisque 
marginalibus nigris ; posticae albidae. 
Male . Whitish testaceous. Head slightly tufted above. Palpi 
stout, pubescent, decumbent, diverging, much longer than the 
breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the 
second. Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen extending much be- 
yond the hind wings. Legs rather stout. Wings narrow, rounded 
at the tips. Fore wings thinly speckled with brown ; four black 
costal dots ; a short broad oblique black streak between the first 
and second dots ; some black points along the exterior border ; a 
black spot on the interior border in a line with the costal streak. 
Hind wings whitish ; fringe long. Length of the body 3 lines; of 
the wings 8 lines. 
a . Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
Africa. 
65. Tinea damnificella. 
damnificella, Zl . 
Natal. 
66. Tinea farraginella. 
farraginella, Zl. 
South Africa. 
