LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 597 



costa, at three-fourths of the length ; second on the interior horder, 

 beyond the middle, larger than the first; exterior border very 

 oblique. Hind wings a little paler; fringe rather long. Length 

 of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



240. Gelechia robustella. 



Fcem. Alba, valida; palpi articulo "2a latiusculo, So fasciis 

 duabus nigris ; pedes robusti ; tibiis posticis fimbriatis tarsis- 

 que nigra fasciatis ; alee anticce apice rotundatce, plagis quatuor 

 cupreis connexis ; posticce cinerece. 



Female. White, siout, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi twice 

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

 third lanceolate, much shorter than the second, black at the base, 

 and with a black band beyond the middle. Legs stout; tarsi and 

 hind tibiae with black bands, the latter fringed. Fore wings mode- 

 rately broad, rounded at the tips, with four cupreous patches which 

 extend to the costa ; first patch basal, connected on the costa with 

 the second; second connected in the disk with the third; third 

 connected in like manner with the fourth, which is marginal, and 

 extends over part of the fringe ; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

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

 5 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



South America. 



Most of the following fifty species of Gelechia belong to one 

 group, which seems to be peculiar to South America. 



241. Gelechia solidella. 



Mas. Cupreo-fusca, sat robusta ; palporum articulus 2us nigro 

 lineatus ; abdomen lanceolatum, strigis lateralibus obliquis 

 argenteis ; pedes nigricantes, tarsorum articulis apice argenteis ; 

 alee anticce striga subcostali diffusa plagaque submarginali 

 transversa argenteo-cinereis, spatio marginali pallidiore lineam 

 denticulatam albam guttam subapicalem atram punctaque 

 elongata atra albo notata includente ; postica? obscure fuscce. 



Male. Cupreous-ferruginous, rather stout, silvery cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi more than twice longer than the breadth of the 



