LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.. 621 



Male. Pale ochraceous, stout, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 black, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint rather broad; third setifonn, pale ochraceous, black at the 

 base, much shorter than the second. Antennas stout, very minutely 

 serrated. Legs stout, mostly blackish above; tips of the tibiae and 

 of the joints of the tarsi silvery ; hind tibiae with a short thick fringe. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with a dark 

 cupreous stripe on the interior border, occupying more than half the 

 breadth, extending from near the base to three-fourths of the length, 

 and emitting a short oblique streak towards the costa; submarginal 

 space diffusedly blackish, with an irregular aeneous band, beyond 

 which there are a few very minute black longitudinal streaks; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 dark cupreous; fringe aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 

 3J- lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a — d. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



287. Gelechia rusticella. 



Mas. Cuprea, subtus argentea ; antennae glabra, graciles ; pedes 

 supra euprei, argenteo fasciati ; aloe aniicce fascia lata, linea 

 transversa interiore subangulosa liturisque exterioribus costali- 

 bus cinereis, fascia submarginali purpurea. 



Male. Cupreous, slender. Head in front and under side 

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

 head ; second joint rather broad ; third slender, setiform, as long as 

 the second. Antennae smooth, slender, much shorter than the fore 

 wings. Tibiae and tarsi cupreous above, with silvery bands. Fore 

 wings narrow, acute, with a broad irregular speckled cinereous 

 band; a slightly zigzag transverse line between the band and the 

 base of the wing, and a few minute cinereous marks near the costa 

 and contiguous to a metallic-purple submarginal band ; exterior 

 border very oblique. Hind wings with the costa whitish along most 

 of the length. Length of the body 1^ line; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



288. Gelechia sejunctella. 



Foem. Cervina, subtus argentea ; abdomen nigricans ; pedes pal- 

 lidi, concolores ; alee anticce latiusculce, fascia lata abbreviata 

 strigam emittente maculaque submarginali cervinis ; posticce 

 nigricantes. 



