1022 CATALOGUE OF 



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 Gelechia? auriferella. 



Pallide aurato-flava, subtus argenteo-alba ; palpi gracillimi, capitis 

 latitudine fere duplo longiores ; abdomen cinereum ; ala 

 anticce striga basali, fascia media fas ciaque marginali cupreis ; 

 posticce cinerece. 



Pale gilded yellow, silvery white beneath. Palpi smooth, very 

 slender, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 juint setifonn, as lontr as the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen 

 and hind wings cinereous. Wings narrow ; fringe very long. Fore 

 wings with a cupre >us streak along the base of the costa, and with 

 two cupreous bands ; first band in the middle ; second apical. 

 Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Gelechia gemmatella. 



Mas. Caprea ; caput antice argenteo-cinereum ; alee anticce 

 acutce, fascia basali argentea t strigis transversis costalibus 

 albidis purpureo micantibus. 



Male. Cupreous, slender. Head in front, palpi and legs 

 silvery cinereous. Palpi smooth, longer than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint shorter than the second. Abdomen extending 

 much beyond the hind win^s, with silvery bands beneath. Tibise 

 and tarsi with cupreous rings. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings acute, with a broad silvery whitish band near the base; a row 

 of transverse whitish shining purple-tinged streaks along the costa ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 

 \\ line; of the wings 3 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



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Gelechia animosella. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba; palpi capitis latitudine triplo longiores; 

 alee anticce angustce, apices versus aurato-ochracece, puncto 

 apicali nigro. 



