LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 831 



Allied to Cryptolechia. Male. — Body stout. Proboscis obso- 

 lete. Palpi smooth, slender, curved, nearly twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, as long as the second. 

 Antennae smooth, much shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather 

 short ; spurs long. Wings rather broad. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips ; costa slightly convex towards the base, slightly excavated 

 in the middle ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique ; inte- 

 rior border slightly convex towards the base. 



The structure of the fore wings distinguishes this genus from 

 Depressaria and from Gelechia. 



1. TlSDRA OBTUSELLA. 



Mas. Nigro-cuprea, subtus argentea ; abdomen, alee anticce subtua 

 alceque posticce cuprea. 



Male. Blackish cupreous. Body beneath, palpi and legs 

 silvery. Abdomen, fore wings beneath and hind wings cupreous. 

 Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Genus 126. NOSYMNA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Palpi porrecti, caput vix superantes; 

 articulus 3us lauceolatus, 2i dimidio paullo longior. Antennae 

 glabra?. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Alae anticae apice 

 rotuudatae, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body thick. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond 

 the head ; third lanceolate, a little more than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae smooth. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft short. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; 

 costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter slightly oblique. 



1. NOSYMNA REPLETELLA. 



Mas. Alba, crassa ; palpi supra nigricanies ; abdomen fasciculo 

 apicali fusco ; alee anticce plaga discali diffusa fuscescente, 

 punctis plurimis nigris ; posticce dimidio exteriore fusces- 

 cente. 



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