LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1021 



Gelechia DISCATELLA. 



Mas. Cuprea, sat robusta ; caput et abdomen nigra ; palpi capitis 

 latitudine multo longiores ; antenna flavo-albce, sat robust ce, 

 alls anticis non breviores ; aide anticce vitta furcata flavo- 

 alba, strigis duabus obliquis argenteis, fimbria albida. 



Male. Cupreous, rather stout. Head aud abdomen black. 

 Palpi smooth, much longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae 

 yellowish white, rather stout, as long as the fore wings. Hind tibiae 

 pubescent; hind tarsi with silvery bands. Fore wings narrow, 

 acute, with a yellowish white band, which extends along the middle 

 of the disk from the base to the tip, near which it is cleft; two 

 silvery oblique streaks extending from the costa to the stripe, one 

 at two-thirds of the length, the other subapical ; fringe whitish, 

 except at the tip of the wing. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Gelechia sexguttella. 



Mas. Viridis, nitens, sat robusta, subtus argentea ; palpi gracil- 

 limi, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores; alee anticte 

 angustce, peracuta?, guttis tribus atris ochraceo marginatis, 

 fascia marginali ochracea, lineola subapicali longitudinali 

 costaque exteriore cupreis ; posticce cuprea?. 



Nearly allied to G. exteriorella. Male. — Metallic-green, rather 

 stout, silvery beneath. Palpi smooth, very slender, more than twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, as long as 

 the second. Antennae slender, much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Hind legs elongate ; knees white ; tibiae setose, with a silvery band. 

 Wings narrow; fringe very long. Fore wings very acute, with three 

 deep black ochraeeous-bordered dots ; an ochraceous marginal band 

 intersected in front by a cupreous line, which is nearly parallel to 

 the costa; exterior part of the costa cupreous; exterior border 

 extremely oblique. Hind wings cupreous. Length of the body 

 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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