LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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92. Tinea maurella. 
Foem. Nigricans , robusta ; palpi porrecti, articulo 2 o subtus 
fimbriato ; antennce graci l limce ; pedes albido fasciati ; ala 
anticce nigro subconspersce , punctis tribus costalibus elongatis 
albidis . 
Female. Blackish, stout, dark brown beneath. Head pubescent 
Palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint 
fringed beneath; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 
Antennae very slender, less than half the length of the fore wings. 
Tibiae and tarsi with whitish bands. Wings rather broad. Fore 
wings minutely black-speckled, rounded at the tips, with three 
elongated whitish points along the exterior part of the costa; 
exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert’s collection. 
93. Tinea anticella. 
Foem. Fusco-cinerea ; caput pallide flavum ; palpi brevissimi , 
subdecumbentes ; antenna validce, breviusculce ; pectus et ab- 
domen pallide cinerea ; ala anticce apice rotundatce. 
Female. Brownish cinereous, smooth, shining. Head pale 
yellow. Palpi very short, slightly decumbent; third joint very 
minute. Antennae stout, not more than half the length of the fore 
wings. Pectus, abdomen and legs pale cinereous. Abdomen 
extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings moderately broad. 
Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly convex, 
very oblique. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Pamplin’s collection. 
94. Tinea meliorella. 
Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; caput niveum , dense vestitum ; pectus et 
abdomen aurato-jiava ; palpi extus nigri ; tibice dense fim- 
briates ; alee ajiticce nigro punctatce , apice subrotundatoe , plaga 
basali maxima , plaga costali liturisque nonnullis minimis 
albis, fimbria obscure fusca albo uninolata; posticce purpureo- 
cuprece. fimbria auralo-fiava . 
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