LEPIDQPTERA HETEROCERA. 637 



very much shorter than the fore wings. Legs smootb> slender, rather 

 short. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings slightly acute, speckled 

 with fawn-colour; exterior border extremely oblique. Length of 

 the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



337. Gelechia angustella. 



Foem. Albida; caput sub tus fusees cens ; palpi capitis latitudine 

 paullo longiores, articulo So lanceolate* ; alee anticce angustce y 

 acuta, ceneo strigatce. 



Female. Whitish, smooth, shining. Head brownish beneath. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antennae slender, 

 , much shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen attenuated. Fore 

 wings narrow, acute, with some aeneous streaks, two of which are 

 larger than the others ; of these one extends obliquely outward 

 from the exterior costa, and the other is along the apical part of the 

 costa ; exterior border extremely oblique. Length of the body 

 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



338. Gelechia impactella. 



Mas. Obscure cuprea, subtus albida; abdomen luteum* basi 

 apiceque cupreum ; alee anticce angustce, acutce, lituris duabus 

 posticis, una discali unaque costali exteriore albidis. 



Male. Dark cupreous, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi slender, 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, a 

 little shorter than the second. Antennae smooth, rather stout. 

 Abdomen luteous, dark cupreous towards the base and towards the 

 Up. Wings narrow, acute ; fringe long. Fore wings with a whitish 

 streak along the base of the interior border, and with three whitish 

 elongated spots ; first spot in the disk before the middle ; second on 

 the interior border beyond the middle; third costal, nearer the tip; 

 exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a, b. North Hindostan. From Mr. James* collection. 



This species appears to have some affinity to the JEgeriidce. 



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