LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 599 



243. Gelechia subapicalis. 



Foem. Obscure cupreo-fusca, subtus alba; pedes albo fasciati ; 

 alcB anticae spado marginali cupreo pallidiore lineas duas e 

 punctis elongatis albis strigasque tres atras includente. 



Female. Dark cupreous-brown, white beneath. Head white 

 in front. Antennae rather long, shorter than the fore wings. Tibiae 

 and tarsi with white bands. Fore wings with a light cupreous mar- 

 ginal space, in which there are two transverse lines of elongated 

 white points; these lines are approximate hindward, the points of 

 the second are much larger than those of the first, and are accom- 

 panied by three deep black streaks. Length of the body 3^ lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



244. Gelechia trajectella. 



Fcem. Ferruginea, subtus argenteo-cinerea ; tarsi postici articulis 

 apice albis ; ala anticce angustce, apice rotundatce, spatio cos- 

 tali inleriore nigricante, linea denticulata flexa punctisque 

 nigris submarginalibus ; posticce obscure f us ca . 



Female. Ferruginous. Head in front and under side silvery 

 cinereous. Palpi nearly thrice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint rather broad, with numerous transverse black lines ; 

 third setif'orm, very slender, much shorter than the second. Antennae 

 very slender, shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen slightly com- 

 pressed towards the tip. Legs rather stout; hind tarsi with white 

 tips to the joints. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, suffused 

 with black on half the breadth from the costa and on more than 

 half the length from the base; a denticulated bent white line, con- 

 tiguous to a row of submarginal black points ; exterior border con- 

 vex, not oblique. Hind wings dark brown. Length of the body 

 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



