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CATALOGUE OF 
streaked, two blackish patches on the interior border; a reddish 
fawn-coloured costal stripe, which disappears towards the base ; 
a row of minute oblique whitish costal streaks ; a short hindward 
chalybeous submarginal line, which is accompanied by two or three 
deep black longitudinal streaklets ; costa straight; exterior border 
slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings blackish cinereous, 
with an aeneous tinge. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a . Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
18. Carpocapsa decretana. 
Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca , subtus pallide cinerea ; alee anticce 
pallide cinerea ?, fmeo conspersce , apice rectangulatce , fasciis 
duabus latis ferrugineis posiice abbreviatis , 2 a valde indeter- 
minata, fasciola submarginali ferruginea ochraceo marginata, 
lituris costalibus parvis obliquis nigris ; posticce nigricante - 
cinerece. 
Female. Ferruginous-brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 
porrect, much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint 
conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Fore 
wings pale cinereous, brown-speckled, rectangular at the tips, with 
two broad ferruginous-brown bands, which are abbreviated hindward ; 
second hand much abbreviated and incomplete; submarginal band 
of the same hue, bordered with dull ochraceous, which colour ex- 
tends along the exterior part of the costa; costa with small oblique 
black marks; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, the 
latter hardly oblique. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of 
the body 2i lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
19. Carpocapsa selectana. 
Cervina y subtus argentea ; thorax rufescenle conspersus ; alee anticce 
rufo strigatce , apice rotundatce , plagu marginali nigricante 
excavata , punctis tribus submarginali bus nigris. 
Fawn-colour. Abdomen, fore wings beneath and hind wings 
blackish brown. Body silvery beneath. Thorax reddish-speckled. 
Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; Fore wings 
rounded at the tips, longitudinally streaked with red ; an excavated 
blackish patch on the hind part of the exterior border; three black 
submarginal points ; a short whitish marginal line accompanied on the 
