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CATALOGUE OF 
deep black band, which is composed of two patches, one costal r the 
other on the interior border, and nearer the base ; a few deep black 
submargiual points ; costa almost straight ; exterior border slightly 
convex, hardly oblique. Length of the body 2^ — 3 lines ; of the 
wings 6 — 6| lines. 
a—c . Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 
14. Carpocapsa transferrana. 
Mas. /Eneo-cinerea ; caput et thorax pa Hide cinereo-cervina ; 
caput fascia nigro-chalybcea ; thoracis discus nigro-chalybceus ; 
alee anticce chalybeeo-nigrce , apice rotundatce , strigis plurimis 
transversis pallide cervinis , macula magna postica punctisque 
submarginalibus elongatis atris , spatio marginali ochracec. 
Male. iEneous-cinereous. Head and thorax pale cinereous 
fawn-colour. Head with a chalybeous-black band. Palpi clavate, 
black at the base, whitish beneath, extending a little beyond the 
head; third joint extremely short. Antennae stout, smooth. Thorax 
with a chalybeous-black disk. Abdomen extending much beyond 
the hind wings. Fore wings chalybeous-black, somewhat rounded 
at the tips, with numerous transverse pale fawn-coloured streaks, 
which are limited by a patch beyond the middle of the costa, and 
by a more exterior band ; a large deep black spot on the interior 
border before the middle, and three elongated deep black submar- 
ginal points; apical space ochraceous ; costa straight ; exterior bor- 
der slightly oblique hindward. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the 
wings 7 lines. 
a. Ega, From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
15. Carpocapsa strigulana. 
Foem. Obscure cervina ; corpus subtus argenteo-albidum ; palpi 
albidi , cinereo bifasciati ; thorax fusco bifasciatus ; alee sub- 
ius pur pure o-viridique nitentes ; anticce apice subrotundatce , 
strigis plurimis transversis fuscis , punctis exterioribus cervi- 
nis , fascia submarginali strigulas quatuor atras includente 
annuloque postico cervinis connexis ; posticce nigricante-fuscee, 
fimbria cinerea. 
Female. Dark fawn-colour. Body silvery whitish beneath. 
Palpi obtuse, porrect, whitish, with two blackish cinereous bands on 
the outer side, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint ex- 
tremely short. Thorax with two brown bands. Wings beneath 
