LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 729 



white along the costa and along the interior border ; two much ex- 

 cavated blackish slightly oblique bands ; one at one-third of the 

 length ; the other at two-thirds of the length of the wing ; marginal 

 points black j exterior border almost straight, hardly oblique. 

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



a. Para. From Mr. Johnson's collection. 



67. Cryptolechia nitidokella. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba ; antenna vix pubescentes ; tibia postica? 

 robustcp, non fimbriates ; alee anticce apice rotundatce, costa 

 subconvexa ; posticce semihyalince, 



Male. Silvery white, stout. Palpi smooth, slender, much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antennae hardly pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Hind tibia? stout, not fringed. 

 Wings moderately broad, very thinly clothed. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; costa slightly convex and refJexed ; exterior border 

 convex, not oblique. Hind wings semihy aline. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection, 



68. Cryptolechia pustulate lla. 



Foem. Argenteo-alba; tibice posticce fimbriate ; al<B anticce 

 lonyce, sat angusta?, apice rotundatce, yuttis decern cinereis 

 elongatis, spatio exteriore non guttato ; posticce ameo sub- 

 tincta. 



Female. Silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, full twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setilorm, a little 

 shorter than the second. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs hardly stout ; hind tibiae fringed. Wings long, rather 

 narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with ten cinereous elon- 

 gated dots, which are between the base and two-thirds of the length ; 

 exterior border convex, not oblique. Hind wings with a slight 

 seneous tinge. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



