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grey, blending to bronzy brownish outward, especially toward the margins ; cilia brownish cinereous. 
Abdomen brownish fuscous, with narrow pale segmental bands. Legs dark fuscous externally, pale 
cinereous on their inner sides. 
Type 3 (35637); 9 (85638) Mus. Wism. BM. [PTT (85645-6) US. Nat. Mus.] 
Hab. Mexico: sonora: 1883 (H. K. Morrison). Seven specimens. 
23. Gelechia pleroma, sp. n. 
Antennae fuscous. Palpi with the median joint clothed with a rather short roughened brush beneath ; fuscous, 
sprinkled with pale cinereous; the terminal joint scarcely shorter than the median. Head fuscous, 
mixed with pale cinereous ; face pale brownish cinereous. Thorax purplish fuscous, touched with pale 
cinereous posteriorly. Forewings with the costa slightly arched at the base, straight beyond, apex 
slightly depressed, somewhat obtuse, termen oblique ; purplish fuscous, with very faintly indicated 
pale brownish cinereous mottling, a small costal spot of the same at three-fourths from the base some- 
what more distinct; cilia greyish fuscous. Hyp. al. 16 mm. Hindwings bronzy brownish ; cilia 
greyish brown. Abdomen fuscous above, with narrow pale transverse bars ; anal tuft brownish 
cinereous. Legs pale brownish cinereous, banded externally with fuscous. 
Type & (65375, Amula) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [ PT. (5835 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. Nat. 
Mus. | 
Hab. Mexico: auerrero: Amula, 6000 ft. IX. (A. AH. Smith): oasaca: Salina 
Cruz (W. Schaus). ‘Two specimens. 
24. Gelechia scotodes, sp. n. (Tab. II. fig. 25.) 
Antennae dark purplish fuscous. Palpi with a rough divided brush beneath, terminal joint not longer than 
the median; dark tawny fuscous, except along the upper surface of the median joint which is shining 
whitish ochreous. Head and Thorax smooth; dark tawny fuscous. Forewings with the apex depressed, 
obtusely rounded ; dark tawny fuscous, obscurely sprinkled with pale cinereous in some lights ; three spots 
darker than the ground-colour, two discal and one plical, the plical immediately below the first discal, 
accompanied by a few pale scales ; a small whitish spot at the commencement of the costal cilia, without 
indication of a transverse fascia; cilia pale cinereous, much suffused with tawny fuscous. ap. al. 
14 mm. Hindwings bluish grey, overspread with brownish scales, more thinly along the cell and at the 
base; cilia brownish grey. Abdomen brownish fuscous. Legs whitish ochreous, suffused and banded 
with tawny fuscous. 
Type 3 (85628) Mus. Wlsm. BM. 
Hab. Muxico: sonora: 1883 (H. HK. Morrison). Unique. 
95. Gelechia hetaeria, sp. n. (Tab. II. fig. 24.) 
Antennae cinereous, fuscous above. Palpi cinereous, banded with black near the apex of the median joint; 
terminal joint suffused with black. Forewings rosy greyish fuscous, a black spot at the base of the costa 
and three elongate black spots, somewhat ill-defined, along the discal cell, with a small one beyond the end 
of the cell and a few black marginal spots around the apex ; cilia rosy, slightly sprinkled with fuscous 
atoms. Exp.al.15 mm. Hindwings pale leaden grey; cilia brownish grey, with a slight rosy tinge. 
Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs cinereous, suffused and sprinkled with blackish scales. 
Type 3 (65688) Mus. Wism. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Mexico: VERA cruz: Orizaba, XIT. 1887 (Ff. D. Godman and O. Salvin). 
Unique. | 
