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black. Fore wings narrow, elongated, parallel, margined 

 with a broad, sharply-defined, deep black, longitudinal, discal 

 band from base to apex ; costa and hind margin bordered 

 along their Av hole length bj a glossy whitish, longitudinal 

 fascia. Hind wings pale light greyish, semitransparent. 

 Under surface of front wings dull leaden grey j of hind wings 

 as above. 



Expanse 15 millim. 



Has all the characters of a true Gelechia. 



Cryptolecliiidse (Meyr.). 

 Ageiophara, n. g. 



This genus presents a remarkable exception in the vena- 

 tion of the fore wings, veins 7 and 8 being emitted sepa- 

 i-ately from the angle of the cell and not from a common 

 stalk, as is the typical arrangement in all the families into 

 which Mr. Meyrick has subdivided the Gelechiid^. The other 

 characters of the genus, and more especially the forking from 

 a common stalk of veins 6 and 7 of the hind wings, lead me 

 to refer it to the Cryptolechiidte. 



Head with appressed scales on face, more loosely scaled 

 behind and at sides. Antennge stout, strongly ciliated in the 

 male ; basal joint stout, without a pecten ; palpi moderate, 

 bent upward ; second joint thickened somewhat roughly 

 below ; third joint slightly shorter than second, quite smooth, 

 erect, pointed. Thorax smooth ; posterior tibise with long 

 hairs and four long spines ; abdomen rather flattened. Fore 

 wings elongate, ovate ; apex rounded, hind margin obliquely 

 rounded, cilia short. Hind wings decidedly broader than fore 

 wings, emarginate below apex. 



Venation. — Fore wing : vein 2 from just before angle of cell, 

 strongly arched outwards, 3 and 4 from a common moderately 

 long stalk, emitted at posterior angle of cell • 5 approximated 

 to the stalk of 3 and 4 ; 7 and 8 entirely separated through- 

 out, 7 to apex. 



(239.) Agriophara cinerosa, n. sp. 



Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and fore wings ashy grey : 

 hind wings and upperside of abdomen dull leaden grey j 

 under surface of abdomen and legs whitish grey. 



Fore wings with a short, longitudinal, outwardly attenuated 

 and abbreviated stripe from extreme base of costa, and bor- 

 dered below by whitish scales. Veins, especially the lower 

 median of the cell and its branches (2, 3, 4), striped irregularly 

 with dark fuscous. 



