770 CATALOGUE OF 



short, stout, smooth ; hind tibiae Dot fringed. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips; about half the breadth from the interior border to two- 

 thirds of the length aeneous-brown ; costa slightly convex along 

 half the length from the base ; exterior border convex, hardly 

 obliqae. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



157. Ceyptolechia METAPHvEELLA. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi gracilis ; abdomen alas posticus non superans ; 

 tibiae posticce fimbriates ; alee anticce ex parte cinereo nebulosce, 

 plaga postica lineaque submarginali transversa diffusa denti- 

 culata cinereis, punctis marginalihus nigris. 



Male. White. Palpi smooth, slender, much longer than the 

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

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae 

 fringed. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings somewhat rounded, 

 at the tips, partly clouded with dark cinereous, this hue most preva- 

 lent along the basal part of the interior border, where it forms an 

 oblong patch ; a transverse diffuse cinereous line at five-sixths of 

 the length ; marginal points black ; exterior border slightly convex 

 and oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a, b. ? 



158. Ceyptolechia geaphiphoeella. 



Mas. Pallide cervina; palporum articulus 2us extus niger, 3us 

 apice niger ; aim anticce maculis tribus guttaque exteriore dis- 

 cali nigris ; posticce fusco-cinerece. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, twice longer than 

 the breadth of the head; second joint black on the outside, except 

 towards the tip ; third setiform, black at the tip, as long as the 

 second. Antennae setulose. Legs stout, smooth. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings much rounded at their tips, the curve com- 

 mencing before the end of the costa ; three black spots before the 

 middle, and a black dot in the disk beyond the middle ; first spot 

 in a line with the dot ; second more hindward than the first, and a 

 little more exterior; third elongate, behind the second; exterior 

 border very oblique hindward. Hind wings brownish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. « ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



