716 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Ochraceous fawn-colour, stout, smooth. Palpi very 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint brWn on 

 the outside, except at the tip ; third joint setiform, as long as the 

 second. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, rather short; hind tibiae and 

 hind tarsi fringed. Wings broad. Fore wings acutely rectangular 

 at the tips, with two black points in the disk ; one before the 

 middle, more hind ward than the second, which is beyond the 

 middle; two brownish diffuse and very indistinct spots, one be- 

 yond the first point, the other beyond the second point; a blackish 

 submarginal transverse very slender minutely denticulated line; 

 exterior border and fringe dark cinereous, the former hardly 

 oblique; costa slightly convex near the base. Hind wings 

 brownish cinereous. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



40. Cryptolechia hcjmerella. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina ; antenna pubescentes ; abdomen aurato- 

 fiavum ; tibia posticce subfimbriatce, puncto discali strigaque 

 costali nigris, hac albo notata bis interrupla, costa sub- 

 reflexa ; posticce aurato Jlavescentes. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour, stout, smooth. Palpi smooth, 

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

 about half the length of the second. Antennae minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen, legs and hind wings gilded yellowish. Hind tibiae slightly 

 fringed. Wings rather broad. Fore wings somewhat rounded at 

 the tips; a black point in the disk at a little before one-third of the 

 length; a black white-marked, twice-interrupted costal streak in 

 front of the point; costa slightly reflexed, very prominent towards 

 the base; exterior border convex, not oblique. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



41. Cryptolechia fereocanella. 



Mas. Cana, robusta ; antennce subpubescentes ; aim antica latius- 

 culce, apice subrotundatce, fasciis duabus latis cervinis,annulo 

 intermedio einereo , fascia 2afusco marginata, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus fuscis. 



Male. Hoary, smooth, stout. Antennae very minutely pube- 

 scent. Fore wings rather broad, slightly rounded at the tips, with 



