LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 721 



the exterior border; costa slightly convex for half the length from 

 the base ; exterior border almost straight, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings brownish, with an aeneous tinge. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by H. Low, Esq. 



50. Cryptolechia reductella. 



Mas. Alba, sat robusta ; palpi squamosi ; antennce subpubescentes ; 

 abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans ; tibite postic a fim- 

 briates ; ala> antica apice rotundatae, maculis duabus postieis 

 strigisque duabus obliquis fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Male, White, rather stout. Palpi squamous, longer than the 

 breadth of the head; third joint setiform, as long as the second. 

 Antennae very minutely pubescent; first joint long, stout. Abdo- 

 men extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather long and stout; hind tibiae fringed. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings much rounded at the tips; two large brown 

 spots on the interior border, one in the middle, the other about the 

 interior angle; an oblique irregular brown streak extending from 

 the exterior disk to the second spot; a more outward streak com- 

 posed of brown points extending to the further end of the second 

 spot ; marginal points black ; exterior border very convex, not 

 oblique. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



51. Cryptolechia pauperatella. 



Mas. Albida; palporum articulus 2us extus nigricans ; antenna 

 pubescentes ; pedes breves, robusti; alee anticte latiuscula, 

 apice rotundata, punctis duobus discalibus lineaque si*6- 

 marginali arcuata punctulari fuscis ; postica alba. 



Male. Whitish, stcrut. Palpi smooth, nearly twice longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; second joint blackish on the outside, 

 except towards the tip; third setiform, as long as the second. 

 Antennae pubescent. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings; 

 appendages rather large. Legs stout, short. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with two brown points in the disk, 

 one before the middie, the other beyond the middle ; a curved sub- 

 marginal line of brown points ; exterior border convex, not oblique. 



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