LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 735 



base; exterior border slightly convex, not oblique. Hind wings 

 cinereous-brown ; fringe paler. Length of the body 3£ Hues ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



a. JJga. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



79. Crvptolechia humeriferella. 



Alas. Cinereo-fusca, subtus argenteo-alba ; antennce setulosce ; alee 

 anticce elongate, apice rotundatce, vitta costali lata pallid- 

 issime schistacea, linea posterior e, punctis duobus discalibus 

 punclisque murginalibus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Head, body beneath, palpi and legs 

 silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, much longer than the breadth 

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

 minutely setulose. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips, with a very pale slate-coloured stripe, 

 which extends along the costa from the base to beyond half the 

 length, and is bounded on the hind side by a black line, which 

 terminates in three elongated black dots ; two black points in the 

 disk, one behind the middle of the line, the other behind the tip of 

 the latter ; a row of black points along the exterior border and along 

 the adjoining part of the costa ; exterior border convex, not oblique* 

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



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



80. Cryptolechia incisurella. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba ; antennce pubesceutes ; abdomen fusco-cine- 

 reum ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, tibiis posticis non Jim- 

 briatis ; alee anticce sat angustce, apice rotundatce, puncto basali 

 strigisque duabus obliquis nigricantibus, vitta postica inter- 

 rupta fusca, punctis murginalibus nigris ; posticie cinereo- 

 f us ccs. 



Male. Silvery white. Palpi smooth, nearly twice longer than 

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

 the second. Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen brownish cinereous, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings; appendages large. Legs 

 rather long and slender ; hind tibia? not fringed. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a blackish point on 



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