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28. Carpocapsa latiferana. 



Fcem. Nigricans ; caput cinereum ; alee anticcc cinereo conspersce, 

 spatio extcriore saturate rufo non consperso lineam subcostalem 

 iineasque duas transversas chalybceas ineludmte, strigis tribus 

 submarginalibus nigris, strigulis costalibus obliquis cinereis ; 

 posticce fimbria pallide cinerea. 



Female. Blackish. Head and palpi cinereous ; the latter 

 porrect, extending very little beyond the head ; second joint slightly 

 fringed ; third conical, full one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Thorax and fore wings speckled with cinereous. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips : exterior part deep red, not speckled in front, 

 including a chalybeous slightly oblique subcostal longitudinal line 

 and two transverse chalybeous lines ; three short longitudinal black 

 \ streaks between the transverse lines; some little oblique cinereous 

 streaks along the exterior part of the costa; costa slightly convex ; 

 exterior border slightly oblique hindward. Hind wings with a pale 

 cinereous fringe. Length of the body 2% lines; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



29. Carpocapsa metaspilaxa. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; palpi capitis latitudine multo breviores, 

 articulo So minimo ; alee anticce obtusce, singulis exterioribus 

 ochraceis, strigulis plurimis nigris, Uriga arcuata lata ferru- 

 ginea cinereo marginata, lincis duabus transversis interrupts 

 chalybais ; postica? nigro-fuscce. Foem. — Ala anticce ferru- 

 ginece, strigis duabus obliquis strigulisque submarginalibus 

 nigris, macula apud angulum interiorem cinerea. 



Male. Dark cinereous-brown. Palpi stout, porrect, much 

 1 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely minute. 



Antennae stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 ■ Fore wings slightly obtuse at the tips, with dull ochraceous streaks, 

 < which are only apparent in the exterior part of the wing and are 

 i most distinct near the exterior border ; black streaks more numerous 

 j and minute; a broad curved ferruginous cinereous-bordered streak 

 1 extending outward from the interior border to the disk ; a few 

 1 slender longitudinal submarginal black streaks ; two transverse 



incomplete chalybeous lines, one marginal, the other submarginal ; 



