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which intersect an exterior whitish acutely retracted transverse line ; 

 a broad black streak along the tip of the costa and a few small sub- 

 marginal whitish streaks ; exterior border nearly straight, hardly 

 oblique. Hind wings dark cupreous ; fringe dark cinereous. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wiogs 8 lines. 



a. Bga. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



256. Gelechia tardella. 



Mas et fcem. Nigro-fusca, sat robusta, subtus argentea; pal- 

 forum articulus 2us apice nigricans ; pedes nigra fasciati ; 

 alee anticee cinereo conspersee, maculis discalibus nigris non- 

 nunquam obsoletis, strigis submarginalibus o.tbis atrisque ; 

 posticce obscure cupreo-fuscce. 



Male and female. Blackish brown, rather stout. Head in 

 front and under side silvery white. Palpi full twice longer than 

 the breadth of the head ; second joint blackish towards the tip ; 

 third longer than ihe second. Antenna? slender, much shorter than 

 the fore wings. Tibise and tarsi with black bands. Fore wings 

 narrow, rounded at the tips, irregularly cinereous-speckled, with two 

 or three black occasionally obsolete spots in the disk ; a few white 

 and deep black subinar^inal streaks ; exterior border hardly con- 

 vex, rather oblique. Hind wings dark cupreous-brown ; fringe 

 dark cinereous. Length of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



257. Gelechia cognatella. 



Fcem. Obscure cuprea, sat robusta, subtus argentea ; pedes non 

 fasciati ; alee antica latiusculee, subciuerascentes , gutta dis- 

 cali exteriore nigricante, linea adhuc exteriore cinerea trans- 

 versa subdenticulata. 



Female. Dark cupreous, rather stout. Head in front and 

 under side silvery. Palpi more tban twice longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint setiform, a little longer than the second. 

 Antennae very slender, a little shorter than the fore wings. Legs 

 without bands. Wings rather broad. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with a slight cinereous tinge ; a blackish dot in the disk beyond 

 the middle, and a more exterior transverse cinereous slightly den- 

 ticulated line ; exterior border almost straight, slightly oblique. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



