34 Lord Walsingham's monograph of the genera 



= $ ? , Exodomorpha divisella, Wlk., Cat. Lp. Ins. 

 B. M., XXIX., 8334 (1864). 



"df ?. Obscure purpureo-cuprea ; caput subtus pectorisque 

 latera aurato-flava ; abdomen coccineum, basi ventreque aurato- 

 flavis, maculis tribus purpureo-cupreis, fasciis duabus ventralibus 

 purpureis ; alae anticae guttis tribus flavis ; posticae auratae, costa 

 fimbriaque rufis. 



" Dark purplish cupreous. Head beneath and pectus on each 

 side pale gilded yellow. Abdomen scarlet, with a purplish cupreous 

 spot near the base, which is gilded yellow ; a purplish cupreous spot 

 on each side at the tip ; under side gilded yellow, with two purplish 

 bands ; first band near the base widely interrupted ; second subapical 

 entire. Fore wings with three pale yellow dots ; first dot discal, 

 near the base ; second costal, opposite the third, which is near the 

 end of the interior border. Hind wings gilded ; costa and fringe 

 red, the latter blackish cupreous towards the tip of the wing. 

 Length of the body, 2f lines ; of the wings, 5^ lines (= 12 mm.). 



*" a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection, 

 c e. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection." 

 Type, $ ? , B. M. 



[PL vi., fig. 18.] 



impactella, Wlk., Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M., XXIX., 6378 

 (1864). (Gelechia, Wlk.). 



" Obscure cuprea, subtus albida ; abdomen luteum, basi apiceque 

 cupreum ; alas anticae angustae, acutae, lituris duabus posticis, una 

 discali unaque exteriore albidis. 



" Dark cupreous, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi slender, much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antennae smooth, rather stout. Abdomen 

 luteous, dark cupreous towards the base and towards the tip. 

 Wings narrow, acute ; fringe long. Fore wings with a whitish 

 streak along the base of the interior border, and with three whitish 

 elongated spots ; first spot in the disk before the middle ; second 

 on the interior border beyond the middle ; third costal nearer the 

 tip ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body, 3 lines ; 

 of the wings, 9f lines (15 mm.). 



"a. b. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



* These two specimens are miniata, Wlsm., the description of 

 divisella being evidently taken from the Sierra Leone specimens, 

 f This is apparently an error for 7'". 



