LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 739 



various small cinereous marks ; full one-third of the length from the 

 base cinereous, with some brown marks; submarginal and marginal 

 lines cinereous^ denticulated; fringe cinereous; costa convex along 

 half ihe length from the base; exterior border slightly convex, not 

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



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



87. Cryptolechia illucidella. 



Fcem. Fusca^ subtus albida ; caput antice albidum ; alee anticce 

 apice subrotundatce, strigulis nonnullis discalibus plagaque 

 costali cinereis ; posticce subobscuriores. 



Female. Brown. Head in front, body beneath, palpi and 

 legs whitish. Palpi smooth, slender, nearly twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, nearly as long as the 

 second. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 short, stout. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings slightly rounded 

 at the tips, with a few slight cinereous streaks in the disk, and with 

 a cinereous patch on the costa before the middle ; costa slightly 

 convex for half the length from the base ; exterior border almost 

 straight, not oblique. Hind wings a little darker than the fore 

 wings. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



88. Cryptolechia graphopterella. 



Mas et foem. Pallide cinereo-cervina, subtus alba ; caput antice 

 album; tibice posticce maris subjimbriatce ; alee anticce apice 

 subrotundatce, strigis tribus obliquis nigricantibus, la 2aque 

 angulosis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce fuscce. 



Male and female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Head in front, 

 body beneath, palpi and legs white, shining. Palpi smooth, nearly 

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

 little shorter than the second. Antennae of the male minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Hind tibiae of the male with a very short fringe. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with three blackish 

 oblique streaks; first and second streaks zigzag; first extending 

 from the middle of the base, more oblique than the second and than 

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

 the adjacent part of the costa ; exterior border convex, not oblique. 



