LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 615 



274. Gelechia secundella. 



Mas. Obscure cupreo-fusca, subtus argentea ; caput et abdominis 

 dorsum viridia ; pedes supra cupreo-fusci, argenteo fasciati ; 

 alee anticce basi virides, fasciis duabus obliquis cinereo- 

 arneis. 



Male. Dark cupreous-brown. Head, fore border of the thorax, 

 abdomen above and fore wings at the base bright metallic-green. 

 Head in front aud under side silvery white. Antenna? slender, 

 shorter than the fore wings. Tibiae and tarsi dark cupreous-brown 

 above; tibiae with a silvery band and silvery tips; joints of the tarsi 

 with silvery tips. Winizs moderately broad; fringe cinereous. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, with two irregular oblique cinereous- 

 aeneous bands, one near the base, the other in the middle; exterior 

 border almost straight, very oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



275. Gelechia susceptella. 



Fcem. Cinereo-nigra, cupreo et purpurascente suffusa, subtus 

 argenteo -cinerea ; pedes supra nigro-cuprei, argentea fasciati ; 

 ala antica latiusculce, puncto discali nigricante, linea exterior e 

 transversa subangulosa cinerea; posticce obscure cupreo- 

 fusca?. 



Female. Ciuereous-black, rather stout, with slight cupreous 

 and purplish reflections. Head in front and under side silvery 

 cinereous. Palpi more than twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint longer than the second. Antennae slender, much 

 shorter than the fore wings. Tibia? and tarsi blackish cupreous ; 

 tips of the tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi silvery. Fore wings 

 rather broad, slightly rounded at the tips, with a blackish point in 

 the disk beyond the middle, and with a more exterior transverse 

 slightly zigzag cinereous line; marginal points blackish, indistinct ; 

 exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 dark cupreous-brown; fringe blackish cinereous. Length of the 

 body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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