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50. (EcopHORA IMPLETELLA. NigHcante cinerea, capite albo, 

 palpis nigricantibus arcuatis gracillimis verticem longe superantibus, 

 thorace albo nigro-bifasciato, tibiis posticis late fimbriatis, alls anticis 

 albis apice rotundatis nigro quinque fasciatis fascia 2a apud costam 

 dilatata 3a antice abbreviata 4a 5aque approxiraatis. 



Blackish cinereous. Head white. Palpi blackish, curved, smooth, 

 very slender, rising much higher than the vertex; third joint lanceo- 

 late, shorter than the second. Thorax white, with two black bands, 

 one of them on the fore border. Hind tibia3 broadly fringed. Fore 

 wings white, rounded at the tips, with five black bands ; first band 

 very near the base; second dilated outward along the costa, and 

 there approaching the third, which is abbreviated near the costa ; 

 fourth and fifth approximate to each other. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Most nearly allied to (E. alternella. 



51. CRYPTOLECHIA SCITIPUNCTELLA. Mas. Cinereo-cervina, sub- 

 tus cinerea, palpis arcuatis verticem longe superantibus articulo 3o 

 gracillimo 2o non breviore, abdomine cinereo alas posticas sat 

 superante, tibiis posticis subdilatatis, alis anticis apice quadratis 

 guttis nonnullis lineaque exteriore transversa denticulata puoctisque 

 marginalibus nigricantibus costa convexa margine exteriore postico 

 valde rotundato, alis posticis cinereis. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, cinereous and shining beneath. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, curved, rising much higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint very slender, as long as the second. Antennae very minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen cinereous, extending somewhat beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft moderately large. Legs stout, smooth ; posterior 

 tibiae slightly dilated. Fore wings quadrate at the tips, with several 

 diffuse blackish dots and with an exterior concise denticulated trans- 

 verse blackish line ; marginal points blackish ; costa rounded ; hind 

 part of the exterior border much rounded. Hind wings cinereous, 

 shining. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



