642 CATALOGUE OP 



348. GeLECHIA? BIFEKBINELLA. 



Fcem. Chalybcea; palpi gracillimi, articulo 2o fiavescente ; an- 

 tennte alls anticis non breviores ; tibia? apice nigricantes ; tarsi 

 nigricante-fasciata? ; alee anticce apice rotundutce, linea inte- 

 riore transversa fasciaq ue lata strigam cha/ybceam includente 

 ferrugineis, lineis intermediis nigris, margine exteriore vix 

 excavato ; posticce anece. 



Female. Chalybeous. Palpi smooth, very slender, more than 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint yellowish ; 

 third setiform, as long as the second. Antennas slender, as long as 

 the fore wings. Abdomen with a small cinereous apical tuft. Legs 

 smooth, slender, yellowish ; tips of the tibiae blackish ; tarsi with 

 blackish bands. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips, with a ferruginous transverse interior line and a broad fer- 

 ruginous band, which is narrower hindward and extends nearly to 

 the border, and includes a longitudinal subcostal chalybeous streak; 

 these two hues are divided from each other by black lines ; fringe 

 pale ferruginous towards the base ; exterior border very slightly ob- 

 lique, hardly excavated. Hiud wings aeneous. Length of the body 

 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



349. Gelechia calcakatella. 



Mas. Cuprea, gracilis, sabtus argentea ; antenna? vix crenulatce ; 

 pedes longi, robusti, calcaribus basi setoso fasciculatis ; alee 

 anticce angusta?, lineis duabus transversis argettteis, 2a angulata 

 et interrupta, 



Male. Cupreous, slender, silvery beneath. Antennae slender, 

 indistinctly crenulated, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs 

 smooth, long, stout; spurs very long and stout, accompanied by 

 some bristles. Wings narrow, slightly rounded at the tips. Fore 

 wings with two transverse silvery lines; first line entire, at one-third 

 of the length of the wing; second at two-thirds of the length, bent 

 inward, interrupted in the midoie ; exterior border extremely oblique. 

 Length of the hody 2i lines ; of the wings 6' lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



