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with some small longitudinal indistinct blackish streaks ; exterior 

 border rounded, very oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 1 3 lilies. 



48. GELECHIA IMPROBELLA. Mas. Ferruginea. subtus argenteo- 

 cinerea, palpis arcuatis ex parte cinereis verticem lunge superantibus 

 articulo 3o 2o non breviore, abdomine cinereo alas posticas longe 

 superante fascicule apicali longo subcompresso, tibiis posticis late 

 fimbriatis, alis anticis sat angustis fusco conspersis apice rotundatis 

 maculis tribus discoidalibus nigris longitudinalibus productis la 

 2aque antemediis 3a postmedia, alis posticis cinereis. 



Male. Ferruginous, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, squamous, curved, partly cinereous, rising much higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, very slender, as long as the 

 second. Antennae slender, minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongated, slightly 

 compressed. Legs slender, elongate, silvery cinereous ; tarsi and 

 fore tibiae brown, joints of the former with cinereous tips ; hind tibia? 

 broadly fringed. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings speckled with 

 brown, rounded at the tips; three longitudinally elongated black 

 spots in the disk ; first and second spots antemedial ; second behind 

 the first ; third postmedial. Hind wings cinereous, shining, with a 

 very broad fringe. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



49. GELECHIA GEMMIPUNCTELLA. Mas. Cuprea, corpore subtus 

 aurato-cinereo, palpis robustis arcuatis oblique ascendentibus articulo 

 3o 2o breviore, antennis subpubescentibus sat robustis, abdomine 

 alas posticas dimidio superante fasciculo apicali longo subcompresso, 

 alis anticis striga discoidali longitudinali atra maculis quatuor fasciis 

 duabus strigaque tumidis auratis micantibus. 



Male. Cupreous. Body gilded, cinereous beneath. Palpi stout, 

 curved, squamous, obliquely ascending, nearly as long as the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antenna? 

 rather stout, very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending for full 

 half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate, slightly 

 compressed, mostly gilded luteous. Legs cupreous, stout. Hind legs 

 elongated ; tibire with a gilded cinereous band ; tarsi gilded cinereous 

 at the base ; spurs very long, gilded cinereous. Fore wings acute, 

 with a deep black longitudinal streak in the disk and with some 

 brilliant cupreous tumid marks ; these consist of four spots, of which 

 three are on the streak and one on the interior border : two exterior 

 bands, between which there is a streak proceeding from the costa to 

 the disk. Hind wings cupreous ; fringe gilded cinereous. Length 

 of the body 3i lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Most allied to G. bi/asciclla. 



