LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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rotundatce , plagis fusees ceniibus nigricante albidoque mar - 
ginatis , atomis nonnullis nigris , costa subfuscescente guttis 
quatuor albidis ; posticce nigro-fuscce. 
Male . Dull pale ochraceous, paler beneath. Head with short 
erect hairs. Palpi porrect, as long as the breadth of the head ; 
second joint thickly fringed beneath; third nearly linear, much 
shorter than the second. Antennae stout, minutely pubescent. 
Abdomen brown above, extending much beyond the hind wings. 
Fore wings rounded at the tips, with some brownish patches, which 
are more or less blackish-bordered ; some little irregular whitish 
lines along the borders of the patches ; a few black speckles ; costa 
slightly brownish, with a whitish dot on its middle, and three whitish 
dots near its tip. Hind wings blackish brown, acute. Length of 
the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel’s collection.* 
71. Tinea erinacea. 
Mas. Cinerea ; caput pilosum ; palpi porrecti , breves , pilosi ; 
tibice posticce late fimbriates ; alee anticce nigricante strigatce , 
lituris basalibus apicibusque ochraceis , fasciculis albidis; 
posticce cenece , subtus purpurascentes. 
Female . Cinereous. Head and palpi pilose. Palpi porrect, 
extending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. 
Antennae long. Abdomen lanceolate ; oviduct exserted. Hind 
tibiae broadly fringed. Wings with a long fringe. Fore wings 
rounded and ochraceous at the tips, minutely and transversely 
blackish streaked; some small basal ochraceous marks; several 
discal tufts of long whitish bristles. Hind wings aeneous, purplish 
beneath; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 
wings 10 lines. 
“ This moth carries the bristles of the wings erect when 
alive.” — MSS. 
a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius* collection. 
72. Tinea concolorella. 
Fcem. Fusca ; caput pilosum; palpi graciles , breves; alee 
anticce cinereo conspersce , litura concava fusiformi; posticce 
cinerece . 
* Inserted by mistake among the African species. 
