624 CATALOGUE OF 



sborter than the fore wings. Tibiae and tarsi cupreous above; tips 

 of the tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi silvery ; hind tibia? pale, 

 fringed. Fore wings moderately broad, rnuch rounded at the tips, 

 minutely black-speckled, with a cupreous costal stripe, which is 

 interrupted by two oblique pale lines, and does not extend to the 

 tip ; a cupreous mark at the base of the interior border; two irregular 

 oblique cupreous streaks extending outward to the disk from one- 

 third of the length of the interior border ; a submarginal chalybeous 

 band; a reddish tinge along the exterior part of the costa and 

 along the fore part of the exterior border, which has a black line 

 and is not oblique. Hind wings aeneous. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



293. Gelechia liberatella. 



Fcem. JEneo-cinerea, crassa ; palpi robusti, nigricante varii ; 

 antennce basi incrassata ; tibia? piloses; alee anticce fusco 

 conspersoe, fascia puncta dua nigricantia includente punc- 

 tisque marginalibus fuscis, punctis duobus discalibus exte- 

 rioribus nigricantibus. 



Female. Cinereous, very stout, tinged with aeneous. Palpi 

 stout, partly blackish, much longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antenuae smooth, 

 shorter than the fore wings; first joint incrassated. Legs stout; 

 tibiae with three short hairs. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute, 

 speckled with brown ; a brown band before the 'middle, concave on 

 the outer side, diffuse on the inner side, containing two blackish 

 points; twO blackish points in the exterior disk; marginal points 

 dark brown, not concise ; exterior border extremely oblique. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



294. Gelechia separatella. 



Mas. Aurato-jlava, subtus argentea ; pedes pallidly unicolores ; 

 alee anticce latiuscula?, lineis duabas auratis transversis sub' 

 rectis punclularibus, la abbreviate^ 2a subobliqua, punctis 

 duobus posticis auratis ; postica albidce, 



Male. Gilded yellow, slender. Head in front and under side 

 silvery. Palpi much longer than the breadth of the head; third 

 joint setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae very slender, 

 much shorter than the fore wings. Legs slender, wholly pale. 



