LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 607 



258. Gelechia sublatella. 



Mas. Obscure cuprea, sat robusta, subtus argentea ; palporum 

 articulus 2us apice 3usque nigricantes ; pedes supra nigri, 

 argenteo fasciati ; alee anticce viridi tinctce, guttis octo nigris, 

 punctis quatuor elongalis submarginalibus punctoque costali 

 albis. 



Male. Dark cupreous, rather stout. Head in front aud un- 

 der side silvery white. Palpi rather stout, more than twice longer 

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

 tip ; third blackish, except at the base. Legs stout ; tibia? and 

 tarsi black above, with silvery bands. Fore wings narrow, rounded 

 at the tips, tinged with dull green, adorned with eight black dots, of 

 which four are in the disk, one near the base, one near the interior 

 angle, and two near the fore part of the exterior border, these two 

 accompanied by four elongated white points ; a white costal point 

 at three-fourths of the length ; exterior border convex, slightly 

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



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



259. Gelechia monochromella. 



Mas. Clnereo-fusca, sat robusta, subtus ceneo-cinerea ; alee an- 

 ticce subconsperscei lituris tribus subcostalibus indistinctis 

 punctisque marginalibus minimis nigricantibus, spatio mar- 

 ginali pallidiore ; posticce cupreo suffasce. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, rather stout, more cinereous and 

 tinged with aeneous beneath. Palpi more than twice longer than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, longer than the 

 second. Antenna very slender, shorter than the fore wings. Ab- 

 domen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout. Fore wings moderately broad, rounded at the tips, with 

 very indistinct darker speckles ; three indistinct blackish marks in a 

 line near the costa ; space towards the exterior border rather paler ; 

 marginal points blackish, very minute ; exterior border convex, 

 slightly oblique. Hind wings with a cupreous tinge, a little darker 

 than the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



