LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1025 



Gelechia BISTELLELLA. 



Mas. Atra ; antenna crenulatce ; abdomen nigricans, alas pos- 

 ticas vix superans ; pedes alhido fasciati ; alee anticce gutta 

 discali argentea ; postica? nigro-cinerece. 



Male. Deep black, blackish cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint seiiform, 

 nearly as long as the second. Antennae crenulaied. Abdomen 

 blackish, hardly extending beyond the hind wings, Legs stout, 

 smooth. Tibiae and tarsi with whitish bands. Fore wings rather 

 narrow, rounded at the tips, with a silvery white dot in the middle 

 of the disk ; exterior border nearly straight, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Gelechia? eutilella. 



Fcem. Cuprea, mieans; caput Lceve ; abdomen attennatum, ovi- 

 ductu exserto ; alee anticce perangwta, cyaneo-viridi purpureo- 

 gue micantes ; postica? nigro-cuprece. 



Female. Brilliant cupreous. Head smooth. Abdomen lan- 

 coolate, attenuated, extending for its whole lengih beyond the hind 

 wings; oviduct exserted. Wings very narrow ; fringe long. Fore 

 wings varied exteriorly with glittering blue, green and purpie. Hind 

 wings blackish cupreous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 6 Hues. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Gelechia abolitella. 



Mas. Obscure cuprea ; palpi capitis latiludine duplo longiores ; 

 antennce sabcnnulatce ; tibia? posticce subfimbriatce ; alee anticce 

 angusta?, apice rotundata? ; posticus cinerea. 



Male. Dark cupreous, cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, 



twice longer thau the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, 



shorter than the second. Antennae indistinctly crenulated. Abdomen 



; extending very far beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae slightly 



j fringed. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips ; exterior border 



