GELECHlIDyE. 315 



brown line ; fringe cinereous, interlined with brownish : forewings with slight metalhc- 

 gi'een reflections ; a large oblong dark brown cinereous-bordered spot in the disc- 

 before the middle; a very large exterior triaagalar dark brown cinereous-bordered 

 spot, which has its base on the costa and cxtcmls to the interior angle : hindwings 

 slightly gilded. Abdomen gilded. 

 Expanse 8 lines." 



Ceylon. 



Genus GAPHARA. 



Gaphara, Walker, Catal. Lcp. Ilet. B. M. xxix. p. 794 (1864). 



" Male. Wings stout, rather narrow. Forewings rounded at the tips ; costa 

 and exterior border hardly convex, the latter very oblique ; veins much like those of 

 Depressarui in structure. Body moderately stout ; front broad ; proboscis obsolete ; 

 palpi stout, erect, not pilose, rising as high as the vertex, second joint slightly curved, 

 third lanceolate, a little shorter and much more sleuder than the second ; antennae 

 robust, smooth ; abdomen extending much beyond the hindwings, apical tuft small; 

 legs smooth ; hind legs long and stout, spurs very long. Allied to Gelechia." 



GAPHARA RECITATELLA. 

 Gaphara recitateUa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 704 (U'ti4). 



" Male. Cinereous-brown, hardly paler beneath. Wings with a cinereous 

 marginal line : forewings with three indistinct blackish bands, each composed of three 

 spots, second band more distinct than the others towards the costa ; a blackish costal 

 spot between the first l)and and the base. Head in front and palpi pale cinereous. 



Expanse G lines." 



Ceylon. 



Genus FICULEA. 



Ficuka, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 794 (1864). 



"Male. AYings narrow; fringe long. Forewings rounded at the tips; costa 

 straight, exterior border slightly convex, extremely oblique ; veins much like those of 

 Gelechia. Body slender ; proboscis very short ; palpi smooth, ascending, slightly 

 curved, more than twice longer than the breadth of the head, second joint much com- 

 pressed, third setiform, as long as the second; antennae very minutely semated and 

 pubescent; abdomen extending much beyond the hiudwings, apical tuft rather small ; 

 legs smooth, slender ; hind tibi^ long, fringed, rather stout, spurs long. Alhed to 



GelecMa" 



FICULEA BLANDULELLA. 



Fmilea hlandulella, Walker, Catal. Lep. llet. B. M. xxix. p. 795 (1864). 



" Male. Luteous. Forewings with two dark cupreous-brown slightly silvery- 

 bordered bands ; first band very much dilated hindward, second marginal, dentate on 



