LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 631 



joints of the tarsi with pale tips. Wings long, rather narrow; 

 fringe long. Fore wings acute, black-speckled, with four black dots; 

 first dot near the base; second and third in the disk before the 

 middle ; third nearer the costa than the second, and further from 

 the base ; fourth in the exterior disk ; a row of black points ex- 

 tending along the apical part of the costa and along the fore part of 

 the exterior border, which is extremely oblique. Hind wings pale 

 aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 4 Hues; of the wiugs 

 12 lines. 



a — c. Ceylon. Prom M. Nietner's collection. 



322. Gelechia negatella. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi Jlexi, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores ; 

 pedes postici longi, robusti, tibiis sub/imbriatis ; alee anticce 

 apice rotundatce, dimidio exteriore ®bscuriore, guttis duabus 

 discalibus plagisque duabus liturisque quatuor marginalibus 

 nigris, linea exteriore nigra jlexa cinereo pallida marginata ; 

 posticce pallide cinerece. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi bent, more than twice longer than 

 the breadth of the head; second joint black on the outer side, ex- 

 cept at the tip; third lanceolate, as long as the second and much 

 more slender. Antennae long, stout. Abdomen extending rather 

 beyond the hind wings. Hind legs long, stout; their tibiee slightly 

 fringed. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior half dark cine- 

 reous; a black patch at the base; a larger black patch before the 

 middle, abbreviated and indented towards the interior border; two 

 exterior black discal dots placed transversely, and a more exterior 

 deeply bent black Hue, which is bordered with pale cinereous on 

 the outer side; four small elongated black marks on the exterior 

 border; under side blackish cinereous. Hind wings pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



323. Gelechia deductella. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi capitis latitudine duplo longiores ; pectus ct 

 abdomen cinerea; aloe anticce apice rotundatce; posticce 

 cinerea?. 



Female. Brown. Palpi, antennae, pectus, abdomen, legs and 

 hind wings cinereous. Palpi slightly curved, full twice longer than 

 the breadih of the head ; third joint a little longer than the second. 

 Antennae shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen exieuding rather 



