410 CATALOGUE OF 



the latter moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous-brown. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



Asia. 



38. Carpocapsa informosana. 



Fcem. Obscure fusea ; palpi caput perpaullo super antes ^articulo 

 So longi-conico ; abdomen alas posticas longe super an s ; alee 

 fimbria albida ; alee ceneo subtinctce, cinereo subnebulosce, 

 lituris costalibus obliquis nigricantibus ; posticce nigricantes. 



Female. Dark brown. Palpi porrect, rather slender, extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings ; third joint short, elongate-conical. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings elongate ; 

 fringe whitish. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, slightly tinged 

 with aeneous and clouded with cinereous; costa straight, with a Few 

 minute oblique blackish marks along its exterior part ; exterior 

 border rather oblique hindward. Hind wings blackish. Length 

 of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



39. Carpocapsa pinguisana. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea, robusta ; palpi subascendentes, caput 

 vix ascendentes, articulo So brevissimo ; alee anticcevix acutce^ 

 nigricante-fuscce, plagis quatuor costalibus fuscescente-cine- 

 reis, puncto discali cinereo ; posticce fuscce, fimbria pallide 

 cinerea. 



Female. Brownish cinereous, stout. Palpi slightly ascending, 

 hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, overspread with blackish brown, excepting 

 some speckles and costal paiches, of which the first is the largest 

 and extends interruptedly to the hinder disk ; a cinereous point in 

 the disk beyond the middle ; costa straight; exterior border convex, 

 slightly oblique. Hind wings brown; fringe pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boyes' collection. 



