594 CATALOG DE OF 



233. Gelechia monstratella. 



Mas. Nigro-cuprea ; palpi capitis latitudine non longiores ; alee 

 anticce maculis duabus discalihus flavo-cinereis, la elongata 

 obliqua antice attenuata ; posticce perangustce, fimbria lon- 

 gissima . 



Male. Blackish cupreous. Palpi riot longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint lanceolate, about as long as the second. 

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

 Fore wings narrow, slightly acute, with two pale yellowish cinereous 

 spots on the disk ; first spot oblique, elongated, attenuated in front ; 

 second shorter and less oblique ; exterior border extremely oblique. 

 Hind wings very narrow ; fringe very long. Length of the body 

 2J- lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



Dr. Barnston. 



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



234. Gelechia cassella. 



Fcem. Cinerea, sat robusta, nigro conspersa ; palpi capitis latitu- 

 dine fere duplo longiores, articulo 2o latiusculo ; pedes nigro 

 fasciati ; alee antica apud discum albce, fasciis quaiuor ni- 

 gricantibus atro signatis valde indeterminatis, la 2aque pos- 

 tice abbreviatis, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Cinereous, rather stout, whitish beneath. Head, 

 thorax and fore wings speckled with black. Palpi nearly twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint rather broad ; 

 third lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antenna? much shorter 

 than the fore wings. Legs stout ; tibiae and tarsi with black bands. 

 Fore wings mostly white, rather narrow, slightly rounded at the 

 tips, with four very irregular blackish bands, whose disks are deep 

 black ; first and second bands abbreviated hindward ; third broader 

 and more complete than the (irst and the second, connected by a 

 streak with the fourth, which extends to the tip ; exterior border ex- 

 tremely oblique. Hind wings with a very long fringe. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, 6. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



