510 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



speckled with fawn-colour ; exterior border extremely oblique. Palpi smooth, 



slender, more than twice longer than the breadth of the head, third joint setiform, 



hardly half the length of second ; antennse smooth, slender, vei-y much shorter than 



the forewings ; legs smooth, slender, rather short. 



Expanse G lines." 



Cevlou. 



GELECHIA EUCERELLA. 



Gelechia cncereUa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 636 (1864). 



"Male. Cupreous fawn-colour; silvery cinereous beneath. Wings long, 

 narrow; fringe moderately long : forewings acute; with a cinereous costal streak a 

 little before three-fourths of the length : exterior border extremely oblique : hiudwiugs 

 dark cinereous. Palpi smooth, more than twice longer than the breadth of the head, 

 third joint very slender, as long as second ; autennee long, stout, setose, shorter than 

 forewings ; legs smooth, rather long and slender. 



Expanse 10 lines." 



Ceylon. 



GELECHIA APTATELLA. 



Gelechia aptafella, Walker, Catal. Lcp. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 636 (1S64). 



"Male. Fawn-colour ; silvery cinereous beneath. Wings rather narrow ; fringe 

 moderately long : forewings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique : hindwings cinereous. Palpi broad, much longer than the breadth of the 

 head, second joint squamous beneath, third lanceolate, a little more than half the 

 length of second ; antennte smooth, rather stout, much shorter than the forewings ; 

 legs rather stout ; hind tibia3 slightly fringed ; tibiee and tarsi with blackish bands. 



Expanse 8 to 9 lines." 



Ceylon. 



GELECHIA PATULELLA. 



Gelechia patiilcUa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 635 (1864). 



" Male. Hoary ; very stout. Wings rather narrow, slightly acute : forewings 

 minutely and indistinctly brownish-speckled ; with a few slight irregular cinereous 

 streaks, a blackish point near the base, a blackish streak in the disc, and two blackish 

 points near interior angle ; exterior border extremely oblique. Palpi stout, much 

 longer than the breadth of the head, second joint fringed beneath, third setiform, 

 with three blackish bands, as long as second ; antennae smooth, rather stout, much 

 shorter than forewings ; legs smooth, short, stout. 



Expanse 7 lines." 



Ceylon. 



GELECHIA ARCTELLA. 



Gelechia Arctilla, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B.M. xxix. p. 635 (1864). 

 "Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour; slender. Wings long, narrow; fringe 



