LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 649 



362. Gelechia aversella. 



Fcem. Cinerea; palporum articulus Sus 2o non brevior ; alee 

 aniicce angusta, subacutce, nigro conspersce et strigatce. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi smooth, rather stout ; third joint 

 setiform, as long as the second. Antennae slender, much shorter 

 than the lore wiugs. Legs smooth. Wings narrow, slightly acute. 

 Fore wings minutely speckled with black, varied with several black 

 streaks; exterior border extremely oblique. Length of the body 

 3J- lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



363. Gelechia absumptella. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi capitis latitudine plus duplo 

 longiores ; alee aniicce fuscescente conspersce, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, slender. Palpi smooth, 

 more than twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 very slender, as long as the second. Antennae smooth. Legs 

 slender. Wings moderately broad, hardly acute. Fore wings 

 minutely speckled with pale brown; exterior border slightly convex 

 and oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body h\ lines; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



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



364. Gelechia rubicundella. 



Foem. Rosea, subtus argenteo-cinerea ; pedes robusti, nigricante 

 fasciati; alee sat angustce, fimbria longissima ; anticce fasciis 

 quinque devils nigris, ba valde angulata ; posticce nigricantes. 



Female. Bosy red, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint seti- 

 form, as long as the second. Antennae slender. Legs stout ; tibiae 

 and tarsi with blackish bands. Wings rather narrow, hardly acute; 

 fringe very long. Fore wings with five irregular black bands; fifth 

 band composed of two oblique black streaks, which are connected 

 in the disk and extend to the exterior border ; the latter is extremely 

 oblique. Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



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