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fore wini^s. Tibiae and tarsi black above ; tips of the tibiae and of 

 the joints of the tarsi silvery ; tibiae, with a silvery band. Fore wings 

 narrow, chalybeous at the base, rounded at the tips, with two large 

 dark cupreous chalybeous-bordered spots ; first spot costal, a little 

 before the middle; second apical; a chalybeous mark in the disk 

 between the two spots ; fringe chalybeous, black at the base ; exterior 

 border very oblique hindward. Hind winjjs cupreous. Var. p. — 

 Head chalybeous-blue. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



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



267. Gelechta tentatella. 



Foem. Cuprea, subtus argentea; antenna fascia lata argentea.; 

 pedes antici tibiis ochraceis subfimbriatis, tarsis basi ochra- 

 ceis ; pedes posteriores supra nigricantes^ argenteo fasciati ; 

 alee anticte fascia media lata ochracea, strigis sex lads chaly- 

 bais, iineolis duabus chalybms duabusque albis obliquis 

 cus tali bus. 



Female. Cupreous. Head in front and under side silvery. 

 Palpi gilded, more than twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint squamous ; third rather stout, silvery at the tip, as long 

 as the second. Antenna? a little shorter than the fore wings, with a 

 broad silvery band beyond the middle. Fore tarsi towards the base 

 and fore tibiae ochraceous, the latter slightly dilated and fringed; 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi blackish above, the latter with silver-tipped 

 joints. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute, with a broad ochraceous 

 middle band; six broad chalybeous streaks, four of which are 

 between the band and the base of the wing; the fifth intersects the 

 exterior part of the band and extends to the interior angle; the sixth 

 is in the submarginal disk; two slender chalybeous lines extend 

 obliquely from the costa and intersect the outer part of the band, 

 and are accompanied by two shorter white lines; exterior border 

 convex, very oblique hiudward. Length of the body % 2\ lines; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



268. Gelechia subjectella. 



Mas. Cuprea, subtus argentea ; caput cyaneum ; pedes supra 

 nigri, argenteo fasciati; al<s anticce fascia lata aurato rufa 

 strigam emittente mtus purpureo marginata strigam obliquam 



