626 CATALOGUE OF 



297. Gelechia succinctella. 



Fcem. Obscure cupreo-fusca, subtus argentea; palporum articulus 

 3us bast niger ; pedes supra nigricantes, argenteo fasciati; 

 alee lata, fimbria alba ; anticce purpurascente suffuses, margine 

 exteriore albo. 



Female. Dark cupreous-brown. Head in front and under 

 side silvery. Palpi twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint setiform, black at the base, a little shorter than the second. 

 Tibise and tarsi blackish above; tips of the former and of the joints 

 of the latter silvery. Wings broad. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips, purplish tinged; exterior border and fringe white; exterior 

 border not oblique. Hind wings more cupreous; fringe mostly 

 white towards the tips; costa whitish, except towards the tip. 

 Length of the body 2J lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



298. Gelechia solella. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea, subtus argenteo-ochracea ; antennee pube- 

 scentes ; alee anticce latiusculee, strigis obscurioribus, striga 

 basali nigricante ; posticee obscure cinereee. 



Male. Pale ochraceous, rather stout. Head in front and 

 under side with a silvery tinge. Palpi much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae 

 miuutely pubescent. Legs smooth, rather stout; spurs very long. 

 Fore wings rather broad, rounded at the tips, longitudinally and 

 irregularly streaked with darker ochraceous ; a slight blackish streak 

 extending from the base along one-fourth of the length of the disk; 

 exterior border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings dark 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



299. Gelechia semotella. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea, subtus argenteo-ochracea ; pedes pallidi, 

 concolores ; alee anticee latiusculee, costa basi, puncto costali 

 spatioque marginali purpureo-ccneis ; posticce eeneo-cinereee. 



Female. Pale gilded yellow. Head in front and under side 

 silvery. Palpi rather stout, nearly twice longer than the breadth of 

 the head; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae 



