LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 795 



Allied to Gelechia. Male. — Body slender. Proboscis very 

 short. Palpi smooth, ascending, slightly curved, more than twice 

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

 third setifonn, as long as the second. Antenna? very minutely ser- 

 rated and pubescent. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft rather small. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibiae 

 long, fringed, rather stout; spurs long. Wings narrow; fringe 

 long. Fore wings rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior 

 border slightly convex, extremely oblique ; veins much like those 

 of Gelechia. 



1. FlCULEA BLANDULELLA. 



Mas. Lutea, subtus cinerea, capite albido, abdomine, tibiis ante- 

 rioribus Larsuque fuscis, tibiis tarsisque posticis fusco fasciatis ; 

 al& anlicce fasciis duabus argenteo subfasciatis. 



Male. Luteous. Body cinereous beneath. Head and palpi 

 whitish. Abdomen brown above and at the tip. Le^s cinereous ; 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi brown ; hind tibiae and tarsi with brown 

 bands. Fore wings with two dark cupreous-browu slightly silvery 

 bordered bauds; first band very much dilated hindward; second 

 marginal, dentate on its inner side, nearly connected with the second 

 on the interior border. Length of the body 2J lines; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Geylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus 85. FRISILIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput fasciculis duobus porrectis. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi arcuati, ascendentes, longissimi ; arti- 

 culus 2us fimbriatus ; 3us setiformis, 2o vix brevior. Antennae 

 validae, squamoso serratae, alis anticis pauilo hmgiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apic.tlis parvus. Pedes graciles. 

 Alae anticae latiusculae, acutae, margine exteriore subobliquo vix 

 excavato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Head with two porrect tufts. 

 Proboscis of moderate length. Palpi curved, ascending, about four 

 times longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint broadly 

 fringed; third setiform, hardly shorter than the second. Antennae 

 stout, squamous-serrated, much longer than the fore wings. Abdo- 

 men extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender. Fore wings 

 acute, rather broad; exterior border slightly oblique, hardly concave. 



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