LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 737 



wings. Hind tibiae not fringed. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips, with three outward-bent transverse lines, which 

 are retracted towards the costa; first and second lines brownish, in- 

 distinct; third composed of black points; marginal points black ; 

 exterior border convex, not oblique. Hind wings brown. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



83. Cryptolechia costatella. 



Mas et fcem. Argenteo-alba ; thorax fuscus, antice albus ; abdo- 

 men fuscescens, segmentis albido marginatis ; alee antica? sat 

 angusta?, apice rotundata?, vitta postica fusca extus latiore, 

 strigis anterior ibus fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris. Mas. — 

 Antennce setulosa? ; alee postica? cinerece. Fcem. — Ala? postica? 

 fusca?. 



Male and female. Silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, nearly 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, 

 black at the base, shorter than the second. Thorax brown, except 

 in front. Abdomen brownish above; hind borders of the segments 

 whitish. Legs slender; hind tibiae not fringed. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a brown stripe, which 

 rests on the interior border and becomes slightly and abruptly 

 broader at a little before half the length of the wing, and extends 

 very nearly to the exterior border; a few slender brown streaks 

 forming an interrupted line between the stripe and the costa; mar- 

 ginal points black, minute; exterior border convex, not oblique. 

 Male. — Antennae setulose. Abdomen extending for half its length 

 beyond the hind winijs. Hind wings cinereous. Female. — Hind 

 wings brown. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 0—10 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



84. Cryptolechia intuebatella. 



Mas. Ochraceo-cervina ; palpi squamosi ; antenna? setulosa? ; ab- 

 domen fuscum ; ala? aniica? lineis tribus transversis fiexis 

 nigricantibus valde indistinctis, punctis marginalibus nigris 

 minimis; postica? fusca?. 



Male. Ochraceous fawn-colour, stout. Palpi squamous, very 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, 



