LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 613 



270. Gelechia stelliferella. 



Mas. Obscure cuprea, subtus argentea ; caput viride ; antennae 

 apice argentea:; pedes supra nigricantes, argenteo fasciati ; 

 ala antica basi virides, punctis quatuor argenteis ; postica 

 subpurpurascentes. 



Male. Dark cupreous, slender, silvery beneath. Head, fore 

 part of the thorax, disk of the abdomen and base of the fore wings 

 bright metallic-green. Palpi more than twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head; third joint a little shorter than the second. 

 Antennae rather stout, silvery towards the tips, a little shorter than 

 the fore wings. Tibiae and tarsi black above ; tibiae with a silvery 

 band and silvery tips. Wings very narrow. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, with four silvery points; two points near the costa, one 

 between them nearer the interior border, and one near the interior 

 angle ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind wings darker than 

 the fore wings, with a purplish tinge. Length of the body 3 lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



271. Gelechia speciosella. 



Mas. Obscure cuprea, subtus argentea ; caput et abdomen disco 

 viridia ; antenna apice argentea ; pedes supra cuprei, argenteo 

 fasciati ; ala antica punctis quinque albis. 



Male. Dark cupreous, slender. Head, fore border of the 

 thorax and disk of the abdomen bright metallic-green. Head in 

 front and under side silvery. Palpi slender, about thrice longer 

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

 second. Antenna? silvery towards the tips, a little shorter than the 

 fore wings. Abdomen with a rather long apical tuft. Tips of the 

 tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi silvery. Wings narrow, hardly 

 acute, with a white point on the fringe at the tip. Fore wings with 

 five white points; first point near the interior border at one-fourth 

 of the length; second near the costa before the middle; third in 

 the disk beyond the middle ; fourth near the interior angle ; fifth 

 near the costa, beyond three-fourths of the length ; exterior border 

 very oblique. Length of the body 3J lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



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