LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 591 



Female. Dark cinereous, slender. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, almost as 

 long as the second. Antennae much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Abdomen extending for nearly its whole length beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings acute, very narrow, with a very long fringe. Fore 

 wings cinereous, with some darker blotches, with four or five black 

 points, two of which are costal. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



227. Gelechia strictella. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; antennce longissimce ; alee anticce per- 

 angustce, acuta, nigricante nebulosa ; posticce ceneo-tinctce. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, slender, silvery cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi smooth, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, nearly as long as the second. Antennae 

 slender, very long, not shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen long. 

 Legs long, smooth, slender. Wings long, very narrow ; fringe very 

 long. Fore wings acute, diffusedly blackish mottled ; exterior border 

 extremely oblique. Hind wings with an aeneous tinge. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



228. Gelechia liturella. 



Foem. Chalybao-fusca ; caput antice argenteum ; ala antica 

 latiuscula?, apice rotundatce, guttis duabus discalibus connexis 

 argenteis, cosla cuprea, fimbria nivea ; posticce cenece. 



Female. Chalybeous-brown, stout, smooth. Head in front 

 and under side silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, much longer 

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

 than the second. Antennae much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Fore wings rather broad, rounded at the tips; a transverse silvery 

 white mark in the middle of the disk composed of two small con- 

 nected dots ; costa bright cupreous; fringe pure white, except at the 

 base ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings aeneous. 

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



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



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