73d CATALOGUE OF 



the base of the casta, and with two blackish streaks extending ob- 

 liquely outward from the costa : first sneak connected with the inner 



end of a brown short interrupted stripe, which occupies the interior 

 border: second connected with the outer end of the same stripe, 

 which has a blackish point in front of its interrupted part : marginal 

 points black, minute: costa slightly convex from the base to nearly 

 two-thirds of the length, where it is slightly indented ; exterior 

 border convex, not oblique. Hind wings cinereous-brown. Length 

 of the body 5 lines : of the wings 10 lines. 



a. £o;a. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



81. Cryptolechia stremella. 



Mas. PaMJe oehraceo-cervina, robusta : antemne robusta, pube- 

 seentfs : abdomen alas posticus longe superans, faseiculo 

 apicali spisso ; tibicc postkw fimbriate ; alec antics apice 

 reeiangulatey line* obliqua diffusa punctisque duobus e.vte- 

 rioribus fuscis, tinea submarginaU arcuata t punctis diffmsis 

 fuscis ; posticir cinerecc. 



Mule. Pale ochraceous fawn-colour, stout. Palpi smooth, much 



longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, nearly as 

 long as the second. Antenna? stout, minutely pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending much beyond the hind wings: apical mfi thick. Hind 

 tibia* fringed. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings rectangular 

 at the tips, with a diffuse straight brown line, which extends from 

 one-third of the length of the costa to one-fifth of the length of the 

 interior border: a brown dot in the disk beyond the middle, and a 

 more hindwmi brown point at the middle of the length; an exterior 

 curved line of diffuse brown points; costa hardly convex ; exterior 

 border oblique hindward. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 

 body 4h lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



o. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



8*2. Cryptolechia congressella. 



Fcem. Pallide cervina ; tib'nc posticm non fimbriate ; aLr antic* 



latiusculic. apice rotundatcc, lineis tribus flexis transversis, 

 1 a '2aquc fuscfscentibus indisdnctis, 3a e punctis Uteris, punctis 

 marginalibus niaris ; posticafuscai. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, stout. Palpi smooth, much longer 

 than the breadth o( the head : third joint seiiform, rather shorter 

 than the second. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 



