608 CATALOGUE OF 



260. Gelechia permundella. 



Mas. Schistacea ; pedes svpra nigri, argenteo fasciati ; alee an- 

 ticce macula postica obliqua elongata guttaque discali exte- 

 riore cupreo-fuscis cinereo marginatis, fascia ad hue exteriore 

 intus cinereo marginala, margine exteriore pallide cervino 

 punctis nigris. 



Male, Slaty cinereous. Head in front and under side paler 

 ciuereous. Antennae very minutely serrated, a little shorter than 

 the fore wings. Fore tibiae with a black band ; fore tarsi black 

 above, with silvery-tipped joints ; posterior tibiae and tarsi blackish 

 above; the band of the Former and the tips of the joints of ihe 

 latter silvery. Fore wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, with 

 three cupreous-brown marks ; first and second marks cinereous- 

 bordered ; first forming an elongated oblique spot, which rests on 

 the interior border before the middle; third forming a dot in the 

 exterior disk ; third forming a more exterior band, bordered with 

 cinereous on the inner side ; exterior border convex, pale fawn- 

 colour, with black points. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



261. Gelechia tactella. 



Mas et foem. Niyricante-cinereo. ; mbtus argenteo -cinerea ; pe- 

 des supra nigrieantes, pallido fasciati ; alee anticce gutta dis- 

 eali fasciisque duabus cupreo-nigris ochraceo marginatis, 

 fascia \a antice abbreviata, punctis inarginalibus nigris ; pos- 

 tica: obscure fuscce. 



Male and female. Blackish cinereous, silvery cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi full twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint rather broad ; third very slender, as long as the second. 

 Antennae shorter than the fore wings. Tibiae and tarsi blackish 

 above, the former with a pale band and pale tips, the latter with 

 pale tips to the joints. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly rounded 

 at the tips, with two broad cupreous-black ochraceous-bordered 

 bands; first band rounded in front, not extending to the costa ; a 

 cupreous-black Ochraceo us-bordered discal dot, contiguous to the 

 second band, which extends to the exterior border ; marginal points 

 black ; exterior border convex, very oblique hind ward. Hind wings 

 dark brown. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wiugs 5 lines. 



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



