618 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Cinereous-black, stout. Head in front and under 

 side silvery white. Palpi more than twice longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint much longer than the second. Antennae 

 slender, much shorter than the fore wings. Tibial and tarsi black 

 above ; tips of the tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi silvery. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with five 

 cupreous-black bands ; first, second and third bands incomplete ; 

 fourth broader, complete, oblique; fifth slender, marginal; fringe 

 cinereous. Hind wings cupreous-black. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



281. Gelechia ostensella. 



Mas. Anthracina, sat robusia, suhtus nigro-cinerea ; palpi squa- 

 moso pilosi ; larsorum articuli apice argentei ; alee anticce 

 plaga discali rhomboidali fasciaque submarginali cupreo atris, 

 punctis duobus intermedins nigris cinereo marginatis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce obscure cuprece. 



Male. Coal-black, rather stout, blackish cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi more than twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint and basal part of the third joint thickly covered with short 

 squamous hairs ; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. An- 

 tennae slender, a little shorter than the fore wings. Joints of the 

 tarsi with silvery tips. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with a deep cupreous-black rhomboidal patch in the 

 disk and with a submarginal band of the same hue ; two interme- 

 diate black cinereous-bordered points and a few minute black mar- 

 ginal points; exterior border almost straight, moderately oblique. 

 Hind win^s dark cupreous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



282. Gelechia triplagella. 



Mas. Cervina, sat robusta, subtus argenteo-cinerea ; palporum ar- 

 ticulus 2us lalus, apice nigricans et subpilosus ; 3us nigra 

 fusciatus ; antenna subserratce ; pedes supra nigricantes ; ala?. 

 antica? latiuscula, nigra conspersa, chalgbao sujfusa, plagis 

 tribus fuscis ; posticus cuprece. 



Male. Fawn-colour, rather stout. Head in front and under 

 side silvery cinereous. Palpi more than twice louger than the 



