LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 623 



Fore win^s slightly acute, moderately broad, with two irregular 

 oblique silvery bauds; first band near the base; second in the 

 middle ; a double silvery Hue extending from the costa to one-third 

 of the breadth, more oblique than the second band ; some ochraceous 

 streaks between the second band and the exterior border, accom- 

 panied by black and silvery marks; exterior border very oblique. 

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

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



291. Gelechia suffusella. 



Fcem. Cupreo -nigra, subtus argentea; pedes supra cupreo-nigri, 

 argenteo fasciati; alee anticce fasciis duabus albis latis con- 

 nexis, 2a marginem versus diffusa, punctis submarginalibus 

 albis elongatis. 



Female, Cupreous-black. Head in front and under side 

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

 the head; second joint with numerous transverse black lines; third 

 longer thau the second. Antennas very slender, shorter than the 

 fore wings. Tibia? and tarsi cupreous-black above; tibia? with a 

 silvery band and silvery tips ; joints of the tarsi with silvery tips. 

 Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, with two broad white 

 irregular bands ; first band extending to the base, connected in the 

 disk with the second, which is diffused towards the exterior border ; 

 a row of white elongated submarginal points ; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



292. Gelechia sublustricella. 



Mas. Pallide ockracea, sat robusta, subtus argentea; palporum 

 articulus 2us late Jimbriatus ; pedes supra cuprei, argenteo 

 fasciati, tibiis posticis pallidis fimbriatis ; alee antica nigro 

 conspence, vitta costali cuprea e lineis duabus pallidis inter- 

 rupta, litura basali strigisque duabus posticis obliquis cupreis, 

 fascia submarginali chalybcea ; postica anea. 



Male, Pale ochraceous, rather stout. Head and under side 

 silvery white. Palpi about twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head; second joint broadly fringed on both sides; third slender, 

 setiform, as long as the second. Antenna? smooth, slender, much 



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