100 LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL GLEANINGS. 



Subfam. Gelechianae. 

 Gen. PERicLiTA rvov. 

 TiEQixXeirOQ, splendid, glorious. 



Head with appressed scales. Tongue well-developed. 

 Labial palpi very long, smooth, slender, recurved ; terminal 

 joint as long as second, slender, acute. Antennae over 1, 

 basal joint wdth moderate pecten. Thorax smooth. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with long rough hairs. Forewings 

 with 2 from *, 3 from midway between this and angle of 

 cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 connate, 11 from 

 middle of cell. Hindwings as broad as fore^\^ngs, apex 

 round-pointed, termen sinuate ; 3 and 4 connate, 5, 6 , and 

 7 nearly parallel. 



Near Barantola Wlk., which it resembles exactly in 

 jades, but the neuration is more primitive, 2 and 3 of 

 forewings being separate, 9 and 10 not stalked, and 11 from 

 middle of cell. In Barantola 11 is from near end of cell 

 approximated to 10. 



PERICLITA PAXARISTA, n. Sp. 



navaoiaro;, best of all. 



2 25 mm. Head snow-white ; side-tufts crimson 

 tipped with fuscous ; lower edge of face crimson. Palpi 

 orange-ochreous. Antennae orange- ochreous ; basal joint 

 crimson above, white beneath ; pecten crimson. Thorax 

 snow-white ; tegulae crimson tipped with fuscous ; extreme 

 l)ase of patagia fuscous. (Abdomen broken). Legs white ; 

 anterior pair ochreous, tibiae with median and subapical 

 iuscous rings and a crimson spot on outer side apex, first 

 tarsal joint with a median fuscous ring ; middle pair ochreous 

 anteriorly with median and subapical bars on tibiae. Fore- 

 wings dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched at base, 

 thence straight, slightly sinuate before apex, apex acute, 

 slightly produced, termen sinuate, scarcely oblique ; 

 shining snow-white ; a costal streak from base to apex, 

 orange-ochreous, but crimson near base, and shortly crimson- 

 tinged at 5 ; a dark-fuscous line limiting costal streak from 

 5 to 5 ; a transverse bar from J of costal streak, crimson- 

 ochreous coarsely outlined with dark-fuscous, nearly reach- 



