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inner side by a shorter cbalybeous line; costa straight, with oblique 

 pale streakiets; exterior border oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 with the fringe fawn-coloured about the tips. Length of the body 

 3i lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. E^a. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



20. Carpocapsa transductana. 



Mas. Nigricante-fusca, subtus fusca ; thorax nigro-chalybaus ; 

 pectus albidum ; pedes postici albidi, tibiis dilatatis fim- 

 briatis ; alee antiece apice subrotundatce, fasciis quatuor 

 chalybms angulosis inter linearis , 4a informi interrupta, 

 strigulis costaiibus obliquis pallide cinereis ; posticce obscure 

 fuscce^ fimbria cinerea. 



Male. Blackish brown, brown beneath. Palpi porrect, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint extremely short. 

 Antennae minutely pubescent. Thorax chalybeons-black. Abdo- 

 men extending much beyond the hind wings. Pectus and hind legs 

 whitish; hind tibiae dilated and fringed. Fore wings slightly rounded 

 at the tips, with four zigzag interlined chalybeous bands ; third 

 band irregular; fourth still more irregular, interrupted; costa 

 slightly convex, with minute oblique pale cinereous streaks; exte- 

 rior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings dark brown; 

 fringe cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



21. Carpocapsa rubiginosana. 



Mas. Nigricante-fusca, subtus pallide cinerea ; abdomen rufescens; 

 alee antiece apice subrotundatce, punctis strigulisque plurimis 

 ochraceis, fasciis tribus indeterminatis^ lineola interiore litu- 

 risque exterioribus chalybceis, his basi albidis^ posticce 

 rufescentes. 



Male. Blackish brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi paler, 

 slightly ascending, shorter than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint slightly curved ; third conical, brown, not more than one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae indistinctly setulose. Abdo- 

 men reddish. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with 

 numerous and various ochraceous points and transverse streaks, of 

 which latter there is a continuous undulating exterior line; three 



