1020 CATALOGUE OF 



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Gelechia niviliturella. 



Mas et foem. Cupreo-fusca, subtus alba; caput antice album; 

 palporum articulus 3us ceneus ; alee anticce costa, apice, linea 

 transversa subobliqua vix arcuata Jimbriaque albis ; posticce 

 fimbria apices versus alba. 



Closely allied to G.succinctella. Male and female. — Cupreous- 

 brown, stout. Head in front, body beneath, palpi and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi much longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint aeneous, setiform, much shorter than the second. Fore wings 

 rather broad, rounded at the tips ; costa white ; a slightly oblique 

 hardly curved line beyond the middle; fringe white, brown hind- 

 ward, and intersected by a brown line; tips white, including three 

 brown points, which are partly connected with the brown hue of the 

 wing. Hind wings with the fringe whitish towards the tips. Length 

 of the body 2^ — 3 lines ; of the wings 6 — 8 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Gelechia sevectella. 



Foem. Schistacea ; caput argenteo-cinereum ; palpi capitis lati- 

 tudine triplo longiores, articulo 2o fimbriatp ; ala anguste, 

 subacute, costa argenteo-einerea, guttis tribus nigricantibus 

 albido marginatis, gutta discali elongata punctisque marginalia 

 bus nigris, lineis submarginali et marginali nigris ; posticce 

 nigro-cinerete. 



Female. Slaty cinereous, slender. Head, palpi and legs 

 silvery cinereous. Palpi thrice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint with a porrect lanceolate fringe ; third as long as the 

 second. Abdomen extending very far beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings narrow. Fore wings slightly acute, silvery cinereous along 

 the costa ; three black whitish-bordered dots in the disk ; an elon- 

 gated black dot on the exterior part of the costa ; apical part of the 

 costa and exterior border with black points; submarginal line and 

 marginal line whitish, the former slightly curved ; exterior border 

 convex, verv oblique. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of 

 the body 1\ lines; of the win^s 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr, Bates' collection. 



