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CATOLOGUE OF 
Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Head pilose above. 
Palpi slender, not extending beyond the head. Abdomen and hind 
wings cinereous. Fore wings minutely speckled with cinereous; 
a longitudinal fusiform depressed mark in the disk at a little before 
the middle. Length of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. 
73. Tinea atomosella. 
Mas. Testaceo-cinerea ; palpi laves , caput super antes, articulo 3 o 
lineari ; alee anticce angustee , apice rotundatce , atomis guttaque 
discali nigris ; posticce cinerece. 
Male . Testaceous-cinereous. Palpi smooth, extending rather 
beyond the head ; third joint linear, less than half the length of the 
second. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Hind tibiae slightly 
pilose; spurs very long. Wings narrow. Fore wings rounded at 
the tips, with numerous minute black speckles ; a black dot in the 
disk beyond the middle; under side purplish aeneous. Length of 
the body lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. 
74. Tinea abligatella. 
Fosm. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; abdomen alas posticas longissime 
superans ; pedes validi , calcaribus longissimis ; alee anticee 
angustee , apice rolundatee , nigro conspersee , gutta discali exte- 
riore nigra ; posticce cinereee . 
Female . Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Under side, abdomen, 
legs and hind wings cinereous. Abdomen extending for nearly all 
its length beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, stout ; spurs very 
long. Wings narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, minutely 
speckled with black ; a black dot in the disk at two-thirds of the 
length. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
75. Tinea abactella. 
Fcem. Pallidissime cervina ; abdomen alas posticas longissime 
superans; alee lanceolatee , angustee ; anticce peracutee , nigro 
suheonspersee , apices versus valde attenuate. 
