714 CATALOGUE OP 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



e,f. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and 

 Lieut. Wood. 



33. Cryptolechia sesquitertia. 

 sesquitertia, ZL 

 Brazil. 



34. Cryptolechia grands va, 

 grandaeva, Mus. Berl. (MSS.) ZL 

 Brazil. 



35. Cryptolechia tristrigata. 

 tristrigata, ZL 

 a. (Var. ?) Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



36. Cryptolechia tectella. 



Mas et fcem. Pallidissime cervina ; palporum articulus 2us extus 

 nigricans ; alee anticce puncto discali nigricante, linea exteriore 

 undulata denticulata diffusa paltide fusca, linea submarginali 

 flexa e lunulis obscurioribus ; posliccc punctis marginalibus 

 fuscis vix conspicuis. Mas. — Alee anticce tegula costali magna 

 rejlexa. Foem. — Ala postica? pallide ceneo-fusae. 



Male and female. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi stout, smooth, 

 nearly twice longer than ihe breadth of the head ; second joint 

 blackish on the outer side, except towards the tip ; third lanceolate, 

 shorter than the second. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings. Letjs stout. Wings broad. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips, with a blackish point in the disk, with a pale brown diffuse 

 denticulated undulaiiug transverse line beyond the point, and with 

 a darker brown bent submarginal transverse line composed of 

 lunules; marginal poiuts blackish; exterior border not oblique, 

 except towards the interior angle. Hind wings with indistinct 

 brown marginal points. Male. — Antennas pubescent. Hind tibiae 

 fringed. Fore wings with a large costal lappet closely applied to 

 the wing, and extending along half the length from the base and 

 nearly to the basal part of the interior border. Female. — Hind 

 wings pale aeneous-brown. Length of the body 8 — bi lines; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a. Ega, From Mr. Bates' collection. 



6. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



