656 CATALOGUE OF 



379. Gelechia convulsella. 



Cana % niyro conspersa ; palporum articulus Sus nigro fasciatus ; 

 alee anlicce latiuscula, fasciis quatuor vagis obscure cinereis, 

 punctis quatuor discalibus elongatis punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; posticce subaneo-vinereap. 



Hoary, minutely speckled with black. Palpi nearly twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, with a 

 black middle band, a little shorter than the second. Antenna? slen- 

 der, much shorter than the lore wings. Wings rather long and 

 broad, rounded at the tips. Fore wings with four very irregular dark 

 cinereous bands, with four elongated black points in the disk, and 

 with a row of black points along the exterior part of the costa and 

 along the exterior border ; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

 win^s cinereous, with a slight aeneous tiuge. Length of the body 

 3| — 4 lines; of the wiiiiis 9 — 10 lines. 



o, b. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



380. Gelechia contextella. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palporum articulus 2us basi niger ; ala antica 

 mneo varia, nigro squamosa ; ala? anticie lituris duabus pos- 

 ticus, gutta discali lineisque duabus transversis undulatis sub- 

 marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous, shining and with an aeneous tinge beneath. 

 Palpi much longer than the breadth of the head; second joint black 

 towards the base ; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae smooth, slender, much shorter than the fore wings. Wings 

 moderately broad, rounded at the tips ; fringe moderately long. 

 Fore wings partly tinged with aeneous, irregularly speckled with 

 black scales, which also form an oblique mark hindward before the 

 middle, a dot in the middle of the disk, a smaller mark on the inte- 

 rior border, and two transverse undulating submarginal lines, which 

 are dilated towards the costa ; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

 wings shining, with a slight aeneous tinge. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



