LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 595 



235. Gelechia absconditella. 



Fcem. Cupreo-nigra ; caput cinereum ; palpi capitis latitudine 



dupl o\ longiores ; tibice postica vix fimbriate ; alee anticce 



lituris quatuor discalibus indistinctis, litura costali, litura 



, basalt \punctisque marginalibus cinereis ; posticce obscure ci- 



nerece. 



Female. Cupreous-black, cinereous beneath. Head cinereous, 

 smooth. Palpi smooth, full twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint setiform, very little shorter than the second. An- 

 tennae much shorter than the fore wings. Hind tibiae hardly fringed. 

 Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, with four indistinct cine- 

 reous marks in the disk ; two near the base and two in the middle ; 

 two more distinct exterior cinereous marks, one on the costa, the 

 other on the interior border ; a few cinereous points along the exte- 

 rior border and on the adjoining part of the costa; exterior border 

 extremely oblique ; fringe very long, as is also that of the dark 

 cinereous hind wiugs. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. North America. From M. Carter's collection. 



236. Gelechia bellela. 



Mas. Lateritia ; palpi albidi, nigricante fasciati, capitis duplo 

 longiores ; abdomen nigricans^ segmentis aibido marginatis ; 

 pedes albi, nigro fasciati ; ala anticce viita costali cupreo- 

 fusca, maculis tribus costalibus unaque submarginali argen- 

 teo -cinereis ; postica? nigro-cinerece, peranyusta, fimbria lon- 

 gissima. 



Male. Brick-red, mostly whitish beneath. Palpi whitish, full 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head, with some blackish 

 bands ; third joint setiform, as long as the second. Antennae much 

 shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen blackish ; hind borders of 

 the segments whitish. Legs white, smooth, with black bands. Fore 

 wings narrow, rounded at the tips, with a dark broad cupreous- 

 brown costal stripe, which contains three elongate silvery cinereous 

 spots ; first and second spots extending outward to the disk ; second 

 retracted in the disk; third oblique in the contrary direction ; an 

 elongated submargiual silvery cinereous spot. Hind wings blackish 

 cinereous, very narrow ; fringe very long. Length of the body 2-j 

 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



