LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 653 



372. Gelechta monospilella. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi capitis latitudine multo longiores ; 

 antenna subsetulosa ; pedes sat validi ; alee anticce latiuscula, 

 ceneo-fuscce, acuta, puncto postico albido, costa subconvexa ; 

 postica aneo-cinerea. 



Male, Cinereous-brown. Palpi smooth, slightly curved, much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, much 

 shorter than the second. Autennae minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 cinereous, extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 rather stout. Wings raiher broad. Fore wings aeneous-brown, 

 acute, with a whitish point near the interior border beyond the 

 middle ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border straight, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings a?neous-ciuereous. Length of the body 

 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



373. Gelechia adapertella. 



Mas. Flavo-alba ; palpi vix arcuati, capitis latitudine fere duplo 

 longiores, articulo 2o bo.si nigro, So fascia nigra ; antenna 

 basi nigra ; thorax nigro quadripunctatus ; pedes subpilosi, 

 tarsis nigro fasciatis ; ala antica apice rotundata, singulis 

 angulatis punctisque discalibus et marginalibus nigris ; pos- 

 lica albido-cinerea. 



Male. Yellowish white, mostly cinereous-brown beneath. 

 Palpi vertical, very slightly curved, nearly twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint black towards the base ; third 

 setiform, with a black band beyond the middle, much shorter than 

 the second. Antennae smooth, black towards the base, much shorter 

 than the fore wings. Thorax with four black points. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs slightly pilose ; 

 tarsi with black bands. Fore wings moderately broad, rounded at 

 the tips, with a few obliquely ascending tufts, with a few angular 

 black streaks and black points, and with black marginal points ; 

 exterior border very slightly oblique. Hind wings whitish cinereous. 

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



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



