LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 725 



Male. Wood-colour. Head, palpi, abdomen, legs and bind 

 wings whitish. Palpi twice longer than the bread vh of the head; 

 third joint with a short fringe beneath ; third setitorm, blackish at 

 the base, nearly as long as the second. Antennae minutely pubescent. 

 Thorax brownish. Legs short, stout. WintfQ moderately broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, whitish in front, brownish hind- 

 ward, with some irregular blackish streaks and with a blackish 

 patch on the middle of the interior border; costa very convex 

 towards the base; exterior border extremely oblique hindward* 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



59. Cryptolechia fusistrigella. 



Pallidissime cervina, sat robusta ; antenna pubescentes; tibia 

 posticce brevissime fimbriate ; alee anlica latce^ apice rectan- 

 gv lata, fascia obliqua obscure cervina, puncto discali exteriore 

 nigrivante, punctis marginalibus obscure cervinis ; posticce 

 fl avo- drier ece. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, rather stout. Palpi smooth, 

 nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint seti- 

 form, a little shorter than the second. Anteunae minutely pubes- 

 cent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft rather narrow. Legs stout ; hind tibiie with a very short fringe. 

 Wings broad. Fore wiugs rectangular at the tips, with a diffuse 

 oblique dark fawn-coloured band, which extends from before the 

 middle of the costa to the base of the interior border; a blackish 

 poiut in the disk at two-thirds of the length ; marginal points dark 

 fawn-colour, very minute ; exterior border nearly straight, hardly 

 oblique. Hind wings yellowish cinereous. Length of the body 

 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



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



60. Cryptolechia armiferella. 



Foem. Pallide cervina ; palpi capitis latitudine fere duplo longi- 

 ores; ala antica apice recta ngulatce, dimidio exteriore pallide 

 testaceo-cinereo, lineis duabus transversis denticulatis, strigis 

 dnabus posticis, punctis duobus discalibus punctisque elongatis 

 costalibus punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce cenece. 



