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CATALOGUE OF 
26. Carpocapsa leucomesana. 
Mas. Chalybcea, subtus albida ; caput albidum ; abdomen cupreo- 
fuscum ; alee anticce angust.ee , apice redan gulata, strigis trans- 
versis fasciisque duabus indeterminatis ferrugineis , spatio 
marginali ochraeeo punctis duobus atris liturisque chalybceis 
micantibus ; posticce cupreo-fuscce, fimbria cinerea. 
Male . Chalybeous. Head and body beneath whitish, shining. 
Palpi porrect, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; second 
joint with a short fringe ; third extremely short. Antennae stout. 
Abdomen cupreous-brown, extending much beyond the hind wings; 
apical tuft cinereous. Fore wings narrow, rectangular at the tips, 
with transverse ferruginous streaks and with two irregular ferru- 
ginous bands; space along the exterior border ochraceous, with two 
deep black points, and with a few transverse bright chalybeous marks ; 
costa straight; exterior border slightly convex, hardly oblique. 
Hind wings cupreous-brown ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 
3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
27. Carpocapsa monstrata n a. 
Fcem. Cinereo-nigra ; alee anticce cupreo-nigrce , chalybceo nitentes , 
apice rotundatce , strigulis transversis atris y macula costali 
magna elongata ochracea strigulas albidas obliquas includente ; 
posticce obscure fuscce, fimbria cinerea . 
Female. Cinereous-black. Palpi obliquely ascending, very 
much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint conical, 
about one-fourth of the length of the second. Fore wings cupreous- 
black, rounded at the tips, partly and irregularly glossed with cbaly- 
beous-black ; a large elongaied ochraceous spot along the exterior 
part of the costa, including minute whitish oblique costal streaks ; 
costa and exterior border convex, the latter moderately oblique. 
Hind wings dark brown ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 
4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a . Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
