LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 605 



254. Gelechia scitella. 



Fcem. Cuprea, sublus argentea ; palporum articulus 2us nigro 

 lineatus ; pedes supra cuprei, argenteo fasciati, tibiis posticis 

 sub fimbriates ; alee anticce fascia exteriore lata ochracea 

 strigam nigram angulatam includente, linea adkuc extefiore 

 transversa albida subdenticulata, strigis submarginalibus 

 nigris albisque. 



Female. Dark cupreous. Head in front and under side 

 silvery white. Palpi more than twice longer than the breadth 

 of the head; second joint with numerous transverse black lines; 

 third full as long as the second. Antenna? slender, much 

 shorter than the fore wings. Tibiae and tarsi dark cupreous 

 above; tibiae with a silvery band and silvery tips; joints of the 

 tarsi with silvery tips ; hind tibiae slightly fringed. Fore wings 

 narrow, slightly acute, with a broad exterior ochraceous band, which 

 is much rounded on its outer side and contains an acutely angular 

 black streak ; a whitish transverse slightly denticulated line near 

 the outer side of the band ; a few black and white longitudinal 

 streaks between the line and thfr exterior border, which is very 

 oblique. Hind wings with the costa white along half the length 

 from the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a — d. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



255. Gelechia sectella. 



Fcem. Cinereo-nigra, sat robusta, subtus argentea ; abdomen sub- 

 tus strigis lateralibus obliquis nigris ; pedes supra nigri, ar- 

 genteo fasciati ; alee anticce latiuscula, puncto basali, macula 

 discali strrgaque costali lata apicali nigris, punctis nonnullis 

 mediis, linea transversa angulata strigisque submarginalibus 

 albidis, fascia exteriore ferruginea strigulas duas nigras in' 

 cludente ; posticce obscure cuprece. 



Female. Cinereous-black, rather stout. Head in front and 

 under side silvery white. Antenna? slender, much shorter than the 

 fore wings. Abdomen with oblique black streaks along each side 

 beneath. Tibia? and tarsi black above ; tibiae with a silvery band 

 and silvery tips; joints of the tarsi with silvery tips. Wings rather 

 broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a black point at the 

 base, and a black spot in the disk near the base, and a few irregular 

 more exterior whitish points, beyond which there is a ferruginous 

 band ; this band is dilated in front and contains two black streaks, 



