402 CATALOGUE OF 



incomplete irregular chalybeous bands ; a chalybeous exterior sub- 

 costal line and a few chalybeous exterior costal streaks, each of 

 which is whitish at the base; costa hardly convex; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings reddish. Length of the 

 body 2j — 2i lines ; of the wings 6—6^ lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



22. Caepocapsa conclusana. 



Foem. Obscure ochracea, snbtus cinerea ; alee anticce apice 

 rectangulatce, triente basali oblique cinerea strigulis plurimis 

 fuscis, fascia obliqua informi interrupta atra, Utura plurimis 

 exterioribus parvis purpureo-nigris, strigis nonnullis sub- 

 marginalibus atris; posticce nigricante-cuprece y fimbria obscure 

 cinerea. 



Female. Dark ochraceous. Body cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 extremely short. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; basal third 

 part obliquely cinereous, with numerous brown speckles; a deep 

 black oblique irregular interrupted band, of which the most con- 

 spicuous part is the quadrate spot in front ; exterior part with 

 numerous minute purplish black marks, and with an incomplete 

 submarginal line of deep black minute transverse streaks; costa 

 hardly convex; exterior border rounded and slightly oblique hind- 

 ward. Hind wings blackish cupreous; fringe dark cinereous. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



23. Caepocapsa compensana. 



Foem. Ochraeea ; thorax fasciolis tribus nigricantibus ; pectus 

 et abdomen pallide cinerea ; alee anticce apice reetangulata?, 

 strigulis plurimis transversis nigricantibus ex parte contiguis, 

 fasciis quatuor chalybceis, 4a tenui arcuata submarginali ; 

 posticce nigricantes, fimbria albida. 



Female. Ochraceous. Pectus and abdomen pale cinereous. 

 Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Thorax with three irregular blackish bands. Fore wings rectangular 

 at the tips, with numerous transverse partly confluent blackish 

 streaks, and with four irregular chalybeous bands; first band basal ; 

 third abbreviated at each end; fourth slender, curved, submarginal, 



