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CATALOGUE OF 



245. Gelechia superfusella. 



Mas. Ferruginea^ subtus argentea ; palporum articulus 2us nigro 

 lineatus ; abdomen dorso strigisque lateralibus obliquis nigris ; 

 tibia tarsique supra nigra, argenteo fasciata ; ahe antics 

 vitta costali lata abbreviata nigra, pimctis duobns discalibus 

 elcngatis albis, spatio marginali glaucescente strigas non- 

 nullas albas punctaque dua nigra includente ; posticus cupreo- 

 fusca. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Head in front and palpi silvery. Palpi 

 more than twice longer than the hreadth of the head ; second joint 

 with numerous transverse black lines; third seti form, longer than 

 the second. Abdomen blackish above ; under side with black oblique 

 streaks on each side. Tibiae and tarsi black above, the former with 

 silvery bands, the latter with silver-tipped joints. Fore win^s 

 rounded at the tips, with a black stripe, which occupies half the 

 breadth from the costa and more than half the length from the base, 

 and is contiguous to two elongated white points in the disk ; a curved 

 submarginal white line composed of an oblique streak, which joins 

 the costa, and of a few short longitudinal streaks, accompanied by 

 two black points and by a glaucous tinge; marginal line brown; 

 exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings dark cupreous- 

 brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



246. Gelechia accinctella. 



Fcem. Obscure cupreo-fusca^ subtus argentea ; palporum articulus 

 2us nigro lineatus ; abdomen subtus strigis lateralibus obliquis 

 nigris; pedes supra nigri, argenteo fascia ti ; alee antica 

 cinereo conspersa?, fascia basali ferruginea, linea bidenticulata 

 alba strigisque tribus atris submarginalibus, linea marginali 

 albida. 



Female. Dark cupreous-brown. Head in front and under 

 side silvery. Palpi more than twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head; second joint with numerous transverse black lines; third 

 setiform, a little longer than the second. Antenna? slender, shorter 

 than the fore wings. Abdomen with black oblique streaks on each 

 side beneath. Tibiae and tarsi black above, the former with silvery 

 hands, the latter with silver-tipped joints. Fore wings hardly acute, 



