592 CATALOGUE OF 



229. Gelechia subtractella. 



Fcem. JEneo-fusca ; palpi articulo 2o subtus pubescenle ; antenna 

 gracillimcB ; alee anticce subacute, sat angustce, cinereo tri- 

 fascialce, fasciis la et 2a postice connexis ; posticus cinerece. 



Female. iEneous-brown, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint pubescent 

 beneath ; third lanceolate, a little shorter than the second. Antenna? 

 very slender, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs smooth. 

 Fore wings rather narrow, slightly acute, with three irregular cine- 

 reous bauds; first and second bands connected on the interior 

 border; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. 

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



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



230. Gelechia attritella. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea ; caput album; palpi capitis latitudine 

 duplo longiores, nigro bifasciati ; aim anticce subochracece, 

 punctis tribus discalibus punctisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 postica? cinerece. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Head and palpi white, smooth. 

 Palpi about twice longer than the breadth of the head; second 

 joint rather broad ; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second, 

 with two black bands, of which the second is apical. Antennae 

 much shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen extending very far 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, 

 tinged with pale ochraceous ; three black discal points, one near 

 the interior border towards the base, the second in the middle, the 

 third exterior; exterior border and the adjoining part of the costa 

 and of the interior border with black points. Hind wiugs cinereous ; 

 fringe very long. Length of the body If line; of the wings 

 4. j lines. 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



