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the exterior border and along the adjoining part of the costa ; costa 

 convex, except towards the tip ; exterior border convex, not oblique. 

 Hind win^s brownish cinereous. Length of .the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



93. Cryptolechia impactella. 



Mas. Cinerea, sublus argentea ; palpi nigricante fasciati ; an- 

 tenna pubescentes ; tibice posticce non fimbriates ; alee anticce 

 longce, sat angustce, vitta discali interrupta strigisque tribus 

 costalibus obliqnis nigricantibus, strigis nonnullis diffusis 

 fnscescentibus, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce fusees- 

 centes. 



Male. Cinereous. Head in front, body beneath, palpi and 

 legs silvery white. Palpi smooth, very much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint setiform, blackish at the base, and with a 

 blackish band beyond the middle, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibia? not fringed. Wings long, 

 rather narrow. Fore wings with a few blackish streaks, which form 

 an irregular line extending from the base to nearly three-fourths of 

 the length ; three oblique blackish costal streaks, of which the first 

 and the second are much more slender than the third ; several dif- 

 fuse indistinct pale brownish longitudinal streaks ; marginal points 

 black; exterior border convex, not oblique. Hind wings brownish. 

 Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



94. Cryptolechia ovatella. 



Mas. Pallidissime ochracea, sat gracilis ; caput argenteo -album ; 

 palporum articulus Sus nigricante fasciatus ; antenna; pubes- 

 centes ; abdomen alas posticus dimidio superans ; tibice postica> 

 non fimbriate ; ala? anticce apice rotundatce, striga lineisque 

 dnabus exterior ibus obliquis interrupts ferrugineis ; posticce 

 cinereo-fusca?. 



Male. Very pale ochraceous, rather slender. Head, body 

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

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

 as long as the second, with a blackish band near the tip. Antennae 



