LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 643 



Australia. 



350. Gelechia siccella. 



Cana; palpi fuscescente fasciati, capitis latitudine fere duplo lon- 

 yiores ; alee anticce fusco conspersce, so.t angustee, subacutce, 

 guttis quatuor discalibus punciisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce fusco-cinerece. 



Hoary. Palpi smooth, slightly curved, nearly twice longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; second joint with a brownish band on 

 the outer side ; third setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae 

 slender, much shorter than the fore wings. Thorax and fore wings 

 speckled with brown. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly acute, 

 with four black discal dots, and with black points along the exterior 

 border and along the apical part of the costa ; exterior border ex- 

 tremely oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; fringe long, 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



351. Gelechia arrectella. 



Mas. Nigra; caput, palpi et thoracis tegulce alba; antenna tes- 

 tacece, basi nigrce ; pedes albo fasciati, tibiis posticis pilosis ; 

 alee anticce albo quinque maculated; posticai oeneee. 



Male. Black. Head, palpi and tegulae of the thorax white. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint setiform, as long as the second. Antennae testaceous, 

 smooth, slender, black at the base, much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Legs stout; fore tibiae above and fore tarsi 

 whitish ; posterior tibia? with a white band ; hind tibiae pilose ; pos- 

 terior tarsi silvery, with a black band. Wings narrow, slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; fringe very long. Fore wings with five white 

 spots; first, second and third spots on the costa; fourth and fifth 

 on the interior border, opposite the first and the second ; exterior 

 border extremely oblique. Hind wings aeneous. Length of the 

 body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



This species is somewhat allied to CEcophora. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



