LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 733 



brown patch, which extends along nearly half the length of the 

 interior border from the base, and occupies three-fourths of the 

 breadth of the- wing ; an elongated transverse blackish point in the 

 disk beyond the middle; costa slightly convex for half the length 

 from the base ; exterior border very convex, not oblique. Hind 

 wings brown ; fringe pale fawn-colour. Length of the body 3 J lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



75. Cryptolechia acontiella. 



Fcem. Cuprea, robusta, caput argenteo-album ; alee anticce apice 

 subrec tang ula tee, plaga elongata postica, punctis tribus, macula 

 magna exteriore punclisque marginalibus cupreis ; posticce 

 fimbria cinerea. 



Female. Cupreous, stout. Head, body beneath, palpi and 

 legs silvery white. Palpi smooth, nearly twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. 

 Antennae rather stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 silvery white, nearly rectangular at the tips; an elongate cupreous 

 patch extending from the base along half the length of the interior 

 border, occupying most of the breadth, connected by three cupreous 

 points with a large short-elliptical cupreous spot, which extends 

 nearly to the exterior border; marginal points cupreous; fringe 

 cupreous hindward ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind 

 wings with a cinereous fringe. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



76. Cryptolechia tripustdlella. 



Mas. Alba; antenna pubescentes ; abdomen fusees cens ; pedes 

 anterior -es supra nigricantes ; alee anticce apice subrotundatce, 

 plagis tribus nigricantibus, ia 2aque costalibus, 3a postica, 

 spatio marginali fuscescente lineas duas transversas albidas 

 includente ; posticce fuscescentes. 



Male. White. Palpi smooth, much longer than the breadth 

 of the head; third joint setiform, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen brownish, extending for 

 half its length beyond the hind wings. Anterior tibiae and anterior 



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