404 CATALOGUE OF 



26. Carpocapsa leucomesana. 



Mas. Chalybcea, subtus albida; caput albldurn; abdomen cupreo- 

 f us cum ; alee anticce angusta, apice redan gulata, strigis trans- 

 versis fasciisque duabus indeterminatis ferrugineis, spatio 

 marginali ochraceo punctis duobus atris liturisque chalybau 

 micantibus ; posticce cupreo-fuscce , fimbria cinerea, 



Male. Chalybeous. Head and body beneath whitish, shining. 

 Palpi porrect, much shorter than the breadth of the head; second 

 joint with a short fringe; third extremely short. Antenna? stout. 

 Abdomen cupreous-brown, extending much beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft cinereous. Fore wings narrow, rectangular at the tips, 

 with transverse ferruginous streaks and with two irregular ferru- 

 ginous bands; space along the exterior border ochraceous, with two 

 deep black points, and with a few transverse bright chalybeous marks ; 

 costa straight; exterior border slightly convex, hardly oblique. 

 Hind wings cupreous-brown ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



27. Carpocapsa monstratana. 



Faem. Cinereo-nigra ; alee anticce cupreo-nigrce, chalybceo nitentes, 

 apice rotunda ta, strigulis transversis atris, macula costali 

 magna elongata ochracea strigulas albidas obliguas includente ; 

 posticus obscure fuscce, fimbria cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous-black. Palpi obliquely ascending, very 

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

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Fore wings cupreous- 

 black, rounded at the tips, partly and irregularly glossed with cbaly- 

 beous-black ; a large elongated ochraceous spot along the exterior 

 part of the costa, including minute whitish oblique costal streaks ; 

 costa and exterior border convex, the latter moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings dark brown ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 





