794 CATALOGUE OP 



Genus 83. GAPHARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Frons lata. Proboscis nulla. 

 Palpi robusti, erecti, verticetn non superantes; articulus 2us sub- 

 arcuatus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae robustae, 

 glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus. Pedes postici longi, robusti, calcaribus longisshnis. Alae 

 anticae sat angustae, apice rotundatae, noargine exteriore perobliquo 

 vix convexo. 



Allied to Gelechia. Male. — Body moderately stout. Front 

 broad. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, erect, not pilose, rising as 

 high as tbe vertex ; second joint slightly curved ; third lanceolate, a 

 little shorter and much more slender than the second. Antennae 

 robust, smooth. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft small. Legs smooth ; hind legs long and stout ; spurs 

 very long. Wings stout, rather narrow. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips ; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter very 

 oblique ; veins much like those of Depressaria in structure. 



1. GAPHARA EECITATELLA. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; caput antice pallide cinereum; ala linea 

 marginali cinerea ; antica fasciis tribus macularibus macula- 

 que costali nigricantibus. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, hardly paler beneath. Head in front 

 and palpi pale cinereous. Wings with a cinereous marginal line. 

 Fore wings with three indistinct blackish bands, each composed of 

 three spots ; second band more distinct than the others towards the 

 costa ; a blackish costal spot between the first band and the base. 

 Length of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus 84. FICULEA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi laeves, 

 ascendentes, subarcuati, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores ; 

 articulus 2us valde compressus; 3us setiformis, 2o non brevior. 

 Antennae subserratae, subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans. Pedes laeves, graciles ; tibiae posticas longae, fimbriatae, 

 sat validae. Alae anticae angustae, apice rotuudatae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo. 



