730 CATALOGUE OP 



69. Cryptolechia consociella. 



Mas. Flavescente-alba ; caput argenteo-album ; antennae subpu- 

 bescentes ; alee anticce vix acuta* guttis duabus discalious, 

 linea submarginali punctulari valde Jlexa punctisque mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; posticce albida?, subhyalina. 



Male. Yellowish white. Head silvery white. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint setiform, nearly as long as the second. Antennae very minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft minute. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with two black dots in the disk; first dot before one-third of 

 the length; second larger, at two-thirds of the length; a semi- 

 elliptical line of black points, curved round the outer side of the 

 second dot ; a more distinct curved submarginal line of black points ; 

 marginal points also black ; exterior border slightly convex and 

 oblique. Hind wings whitish, slightly hyaline. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; o(* the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



70. Cryptolechia brevisella. 



Mas. Pnllidissime ochracea, subtus argenteo-alba ; caput antice 

 album ; antenna setulosce ; tibia? postica? subfimbriatce ; aim 

 anticce breviuscula?, apice rotundatce, puncto basali, gutta dis- 

 cali lineaque submarginali punctulari nigris, macula costali 

 fusca ; postica? pallidiores, subhyalina. 



Male. Very pale ochraceous. Head in front, body beneath 

 and legs silvery white. Palpi smooth, twice longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. An ten use 

 setulose. Legs stout; hind tibi& slightly fringed. Wings rather 

 short, moderately broad. Fore winys rounded at the lips, with a 

 black point on the base of the costa ; a brown spot on the costa 

 before the middle, contiguous to a black dot in the disk; an outward- 

 curved incomplete submarginal line of blackish points; exterior 

 border convex, not oblique. Hind wings paler, slightly hyaline. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; of tbe wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



