LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 
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81. Tinea receptella. 
Mas. Ferruginea ; caput pilosum ; palpi pilosi, breves ; antennce 
gracillimce ; alee anticce subf alcalde , atomis plagisque qualuor 
discalibus parvis nigris ; posticce purpureo-fuscce. 
Male. Ferruginous. Head and palpi pilose. Palpi porrect, 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint very minute. 
Antennae very slender. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, with black 
speckles, some of which are contiguous and form four small discal 
patches ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border very oblique ; under 
side and hind wings brown, tinged with purple. Length of the 
body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
b . Ceylon. From M. Nietner’s collection. 
Alba ; caput subfasciculatum ; palpi porrecti ; tibice posticce fim- 
briat.ee ; alee anticce nigro-chalybece, sat angustce , apice rotun- 
datce , striga lata costali alba biangulata ; posticce obscure 
ceneo-cinerece. 
White. Head slightly tufted. Palpi porrect, extending very 
little beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, much shorter 
than the second. Antennae rather stout, much shorter than the fore 
wings. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 
blackish chalybeous, rounded at the tips, with a broad white costal 
streak, which extends from before the middle nearly to the tip, and 
forms two slight angles on its hind side ; exterior border extremely 
oblique. Hind wings dark cinereous, with an aeneous tinge. Length 
of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
Foem. f Pallide cinereo-cervina ; caput niveum , lanuginosum ; 
palpi subdeflexi , articulo 3o parvo ; antennce sat robustce ; 
alee anticce angustce , subacutce , plaga discali subexcavata ; 
posticce cinerece. 
Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Head lanuginous, snow- 
white. Palpi porrect, slightly deflexed, shorter than the breadth of 
the head ; third joint acute, minute. Antennae rather stout. Fore 
82. Tinea 
83. Tinea imp res sell a. 
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