LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 771 



159. Cryptolechta porphyrinella. 



Mas. Alba; palporum articulus 2us nigricans, squamosus ; an- 

 tenna pubescentes ; tibia posteriores fimbriate; abdomen 

 aurato-flavum ; alee anticce vitta purpurea antice emittente 

 apud marginem exteriorem dilatata ; postica? aurato-flavce. 



Male. White. Under side, abdomen and legs gilded yellow. 

 Palpi much longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 squamous, blackish, except at the tip ; third setiform, a little shorter 

 than the second. Antenna? minutely pubescent. Abdomen extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Posterior tibia? fringed. Fore wings 

 rather narrow, rounded at the tips, with a purple stripe, which 

 occupies the costa at the base, forms an angle towards the costa 

 before the middle, and is dilated along the exterior border to the tip 

 of the wing and to the interior angle ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, very oblique. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



160. Cryptolechia contrariella. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi capitis latitudine longiores, articulo 2o basi 

 nigro ; antennce vix pubescentes; pedes nigricantes. tibiis 

 posticis cinereis subfimbriatis ; alee anticce latiuscula, apice 

 rotundatce, fusco conspersce, guttis duabus basalibus, gutta 

 discali, plaga costali lineaque exteriore arcuata nigris ; posticce 

 cinerea. 



Male. White. Palpi curved, smooth, longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint black towards the base ; third lanceolate, 

 shorter than the second. Antennae hardly pubescent. Abdomen 

 cinereous, extending beyond the hind wings. Legs blackish ; hind 

 tibia? and hind tarsi cinereous, the former slightly fringed. Wings 

 rather broad, dark cinereous beneath. Fore wings minutely brown- 

 speckled, rounded at the tips ; two black basal dots, one on the 

 the costa, the other on the interior border ; a black discal dot at one- 

 third of the length, a black costal patch beyond the middle, and an 

 exterior outward-curved black line ; exterior border straight, very 

 slightly oblique. Hind wings cinereous ; fringe paler. Length of 

 the body 4 Hues ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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