710 CATALOGUE OF 



4. Ceyptolechia HUMILIS. 

 humilis, ZL 

 South Carolina. 



5. Cryptolechia algidella. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba, gracilis ; antennce selu/osce ; pedes brevius- 

 culi ; alee anticce apice rotundatce, fasciis nonnullis abbreviatis 

 fuscescenie-cinereis ex parte connexis, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; posticee cinerem. 



Male. Silvery white, rather slender. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 longer than the breadth of the head; third joint seti form, shorter 

 than the second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen extending beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical appendages large. Legs rather short. 

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

 several abbreviated irregular pale brownish cinereous bands, some 

 of which are confluent; marginal points black; exterior border 

 nearly straight, slightly oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body \\ lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Mexico. 



6. Cryptolechia feontalis. 

 frontalis, ZL 



Mexico. 



West Indies. 

 7. Cryptolechia steigosella. 



Mas. Carta, robusta ; caput nig ro bif as cia turn, facie alba; palpi 

 nigro trifasciaii; tibia? posticus subfimbriata ; ala antica 

 apice rotundata?, strigulis plurimis longitudinalibus fascis. 



Male. Hoary, stout. Head with two black bands on the 

 vertex; face white. Palpi smooth, curved, with three black bands, 

 a little longer than the breadth of the head; third joint nearly as 

 long as the second. Antennae much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Hind tibiae slightly fringed. Fore wings rounded at the lips, with 

 numerous short fusiform longitudinal brown streaks; costa hardly 

 convex; exterior border rather oblique. Hind wings very iridescent. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



