LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 635 



^Eoeous fawn-colour. Head in front and under side silvery 

 cinereous. Palpi of the usual structure, more than twice longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint almost as long as the 

 second. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 slightly acute, with five whitish oblique elongated costal points ; 

 first point before the middle ; second beyond the middle ; third, 

 fourth and fifth approximate, near the tip ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Hind wings paler. Length of the body 



2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



332. Gelechia arctella. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; antennce validce ; pedes breviusculi, 

 sat graciles ; alee angustce, attenuates, acuta, fimbria longis- 

 sima ; posticus cinerece. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, slender. Palpi smooth, 

 nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint seti- 

 form, shorter than the second. Antenna? stout. Legs smooth, 

 rather short and slender. Wings long, narrow; fringe very long. 

 Fore wings acute, tapering from the interior angle to the tips; 

 exterior border extremely oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



333. Gelechia patulella. 



Mas. Carta, crassa ; palpi robusti, articulo 2o subtus fimbriato, 

 So fasciis tribus nigricantibus; pedes breves, validi ; alee 

 antica fuscescente subconspersce, strigis nonnullis cinereis, 

 puncto basalt, striga discali punctisque duobus apud angulum 

 interior em nigricantibus. 



Male. Hoary, very stout. Palpi stout, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint fringed beneath ; third setiform, 

 with three blackish bands, as long as the second. Antennae smooth, 

 rather stout, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs smooth, short, 

 stout. Wings rather narrow, slightly acute. Fore wings minutely 

 and indistinctly brownish-speckled, with a few slight irregular cine- 

 reous streaks, with a blackish point near the base, with a blackish 

 streak iu the disk, and with two blackish points near the interior 

 angle; exterior border extremely oblique. Length of the body 



3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



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