644 CATALOGUE OF 



352. Gelechia bigekella. 



Foem. Alba ; palpi apice nigricantes, capitis latitudine longiores ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticcn angustce, obscure cuprece, apice 

 rotundatce, fasciis tribus albis, 2a Saque interrupts. 



Female. White. Palpi smooth, !slender, curved, blackish 

 towards the tips, longer than the breadth of the bead; third joint 

 setiforra, as long as the second. Antennae very much shorter than 

 the fore wings. Abdomen cinereous, extending much beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings narrow, dark cupreous; fringe very long. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips, with three white bands; first band con- 

 tinued along the interior border to the base of the wing ; second 

 broadly interrupted in. the middle; third interrupted in the middle, 

 dilated towards the costa ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind 

 wings rather paler. Length of the body 2| lines; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



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



353. Gelechia alternatella. 





Foem. Obscure cuprea, sttbtus argentea ; pedes robusti, supra 

 cuprei, argenteo fasciati ; alee antica striga lata obliqua 

 maculaque exteriore costalibus argenleis ; posticai cenece. 



Female. Dark cupreous. Head iu front and under side silvery. 

 Palpi smooth, silvery, more than twice longer than the hreadth of 

 the head; third joint blackish, except at the tip, shorter than the 

 second. Antenna? slender, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs 

 stout, smooth ; tibia* and tarsi cupreous above; tibiae with silvery 

 tips; tarsi with silvery bands. Wings rather narrow, slightly 

 rounded at the tips; Cringe very long. Fore wings with a broad 

 silvery streak extending obliquely outward from one-fourth of the 

 length of the costa to the disk ; a silvery spot on the costa at three- 

 fourths of the length ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind 

 wings aeneous. Length of the body 3J- lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Moretou Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



