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nearly as long as the second. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdo- 

 men brown, white beneath, extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips, with three transverse blackish outward-curved, very slender and 

 indistinct lines ; marginal points black, very minute ; exterior border 

 convex, not oblique. Hind wings brown ; fringe dull ochraceous. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 10 Hues. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



85. Cryptolechia mundella. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cervina, subtus argentea; aim anticce latius- 

 cul(B y apice rotundatce, strigis duubus jiexis lineaque sub- 

 marginali transversa nigricantibus, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; postica? ceneo-fusca. 



Female. Brownish fawn-coloured, stout. Head in front, body 

 beneath, palpi and legs silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, twice 

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

 than the second. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae not friuged. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a blackish streak, which 

 extends from the middle of the base to nearly one-third of the length, 

 and is there bent to the interior border; another blackish streak 

 proceeds from near the flexure of the first one to beyond the middle 

 of the wing, where it is bent abruptly to the interior border ; a slight 

 transverse blackish submarginal line, which approaches very near 

 the exterior border hindward, but retreats from it in front; marginal 

 points black ; costa very slightly convex for half the length from the 

 base; exterior border convex, uot oblique. Hind wings eeneous- 

 brown. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



o. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



86. Cryptolechia conturbatella. 



Fcera. Fusca, subtus albida ; caput antice albidum ; ala? antica? 

 apice subrolundat&y lituris variis cinereis, triente basali 

 cinerea fusco notala, lineis submarginali et marginali cinereis 

 denticulatis. 



Female. Brown, rather stout. Head in front, body beneath, 

 palpi and legs whitish, Palpi smooth, nearly twice longer than the 

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

 Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with 



