746 CATALOGUE OF 



102. Cryptolechia eariasella. 



Fcem. Late flava, sat gracilis; tibia posticce subfimbriata ; ala 

 anticcB lata, apice subrectangulata, puncto post medio fusco ; 

 posticce albida, fimbria pallide flava. 



Female. Bright yellow, rather slender, paler beneath. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, more than twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint setifbrm, as long as llie second. Antennae slender. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings broad. Fore wings nearly rect- 

 angular at the tips, with a brown point in the disk beyond the 

 middle; costa hardly curved; exterior border oblique hindward. 

 Hind wings whitish ; fringe pale yellow. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



103. Cryptolechia spilotella. 



Mas. Fusca; palpi squamosi ; antenna setulosa ; abdominis sey- 

 menta cinereo marginata ; alee lata, linea marginali Jlaves- 

 vente ; anticce apice subrotundata, plagis duabus atris ; posticus 

 fusco-cinerea. 



Male. Brown. Second joint of the palpi squamous. Antennae 

 setulose. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; hind 

 borders of the segments cinereous; apical tuft quadrate. Legs 

 squamous, rather long and stout. Wings broad, with a yellowish 

 marginal line. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with two 

 deep black patches in the disk ; first patch near the base, larger than 

 the second, which is transverse and beyond the middle of the wing ; 

 exterior border straight, hardly oblique. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



o. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Australasia. . 



104. Cryptolechia ? atratella. 



Mas. Testaceo-alba ; antenna graciles, setulosa ; thorax plaga 

 quadrata nigricante ; alee anticce elongata, subacutce, plaga 

 magna quadrata nigricante, fasciis duabus exterioribus cer- 

 vinisy 2a marginali ; postica pallide fuscescentes. 



