648 CATALOGUE OF 



360. Gelechia lactella. 



Foem. Nigro-cinerea, robusta ; palporurn articulus 2us sub- 

 pubesrens ; alee anticce strigis cluabus nigris undulatis trans-' 

 versis nonnunquam interruptis ; posticce lutece y nigricante mar- 

 ginata. 



Female. Blackish cinereous, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint minutely 

 pubescent; third very slender, a little shorter than the second. 

 Antennae much shorter than the fore wings. Legs stout, smooth. 

 Wings moderately broad, slightly rounded at the tips. Fore wings 

 with two transverse undulating black streaks, which extend to the 

 exterior border, but not to the costa, and have a black point between 

 them ; these streaks are sometimes interrupted, so that the first forms 

 a black dot in the disk and a black spot hindward, and the second 

 is confined to two black dots; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

 wings luteous, with a blackish border. Length of the body b\ lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



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



b. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



361. Gelechia moestella. 



Mas. Schistacea ; palpi subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, capitis 

 latitudine longiores ; tibia posticafimbriatce ; alee antica basi 

 fuscce, apice rotundatce, striga fusca postice angulata et albido 

 marginata, striga obliqua postica lineolisque duabus punctu- 

 laribus punctisque marginalibus fuscis. 



Male. Slate-colour, smooth, shining. Palpi smooth, obliquely 

 ascending, slightly curved, longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint set i form, nearly as long as the second. Antennae slender, 

 much shorter than the fore wings. Legs smooth ; hind tibia? 

 fringed. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, 

 brown at the base; a brown streak extending along the costa, 

 obtusely angular and whitish-bordered on its hind side; the whitish 

 border contiguous to a brown oblique streak, which extends inward 

 from the costa to the disk; two transverse discal lines, each formed 

 by the brown points ; a row of brown points along the exterior 

 border, which is nearly straight and very oblique. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



