LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 731 



71. Cryptolechta RECIPROCELLA. 



Mas. Alba ; caput supra et thorax nigricantia ; palporum arti- 

 culus 2us extus nigricante strigatus ; antenna pubescentes ; 

 abdomen aneo-cinereum, alas poslicas dimidio superans^fasci- 

 culo apicali albo ; alee antica lata, apice rotundata, basi 

 nigricantes, lineis duabus transversis subobsoletis plagaque 

 postica cinereis, puncto discali nigro ; postica aneo-cinerea. 



Male. White, shining. Vertex of the head blackish. Palpi 

 smooth, much longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 with a blackish streak on the outer side towards the base ; third 

 setiform, black at the tip, shorter than the second. Antennae mi- 

 Dutely pubescent. Thorax blackish. Abdomen aeneous-cinereous, 

 extending for half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 white, rather long. Legs stout ; hind tibise not fringed. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, nearly one-fourth of the 

 surface from the base blackish, this hue more extended along the 

 interior border than along the costa ; some indications of two trans- 

 verse cinereous lines ; a black point in the exterior disk, nearly 

 contiguous to a cinereous patch which rests on the interior angle ; 

 exterior border convex, not oblique. Hind wings aqueous-cinereous. 

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



This and the following species seem to be nearly allied to 

 C. mendax. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



72. Cryptolechia confixella. 



Mas. Fusca, sat robusta ; caput pilosum ; palpi squamosi ; an- 

 tenna pubescentes ; abdomen cinereum ; ala antica lata, apice 

 subrolundata, spatio basali /uscg guttas tres nigras includente, 

 nebulis exterioribus cinereis, striga transversa punctulari 

 nigra, macula discali Jimbriaque cinereis ; postica fusco- 

 cinerea, basi albida. 



Male. Brown, rather stout. Head clothed with short erect 

 hairs. Palpi squamous, stout, longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antennae pubescent. 

 Abdomen cinereous, extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 appendages thickly pilose. Legs stout ; hind legs whitish. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; nearly one-third 



