1026 CATALOGUE OF 



convex, very oblique. Hind wings cinereous ; fringe very long. 

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



a. Australia ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Gelechia subactella. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores, 

 articulo 2o pubescente ; thorax striga media furcata strigisque ] 

 duabus lateralibus nigricantibus ; alee anticce angustp, apice { 

 rotundatce, atomis, strigis longitudinalibus vittaque abbreviaia 

 albido strigata nigris. 



Female. Dark cinereous, whitish beneath. Palpi nearly twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint pubescent ; third 

 slender, shorter than the second. Thorax with three blackish streaks, 

 the middle one forked hindward. Abdomen pale cinereous. Joints 

 of the tarsi blackish, with pale tips; hind tibiae fringed. Fore wings 

 narrow, rounded at the tips, thickly blackish-speckled, with some 

 longitudinal black streaks, aud with a blackish stripe, which is 

 dilated and abbreviated exteriorly, and contains a short slender 

 whitish streak ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Gelechia vacatella. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; caput cupreo vittatum ; palpi capitis 

 latitudine duplo longiores ; abdomen cupreum ; alee anticce 

 angustce, acuta, fusco nigroque conspersce, lituris costalibus 

 strigaque exteriore obliqua nigris, vitta diffusa nigricante ; 

 posticce cinerece. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Head with 

 a cupreous stripe. Palpi smooth, twice longer than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint slender, nearly as Ions as the second. Abdo- 

 men cupreous, extending far beyond the hind wings ; apical append- 

 ages rather large. Fore wings narrow, acute, with brown and black 

 speckles, of which there are very few towards the costa; some elon- 

 gated black marks on the costa ; an oblique black streak extending 

 from the tip along part of the exterior border ; a diffuse blackish 

 stripe extending from the base near the interior border ; exterior 

 border extremely oblique. Hind wings cinereous ; fringe very long. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Australia? Preseuted by the Entomological Club. 



