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brown streaks. Legs blackish fuscous sprinkled with ochreous ; tarsi 

 \vith narrow ochreous annulations. 

 Alar expanse, 15 mm. 



Habitat Placer County, California, September. A. Koebele, 

 coll. 



Type No. 12792, U. S. National Museum. 



Nearest to Gelechia trophella Busck in pattern and coloration, 

 yet very distinct from this species and easily recognized by the 

 peculiar black-marked palpi. 



Gelechia fulmenella, new species. 



Labial palpi dirty white, mottled with fuscous, especially on the 

 apical joint; second joint thickened but nearly smooth; brush short, 

 compressed, not furrowed; terminal joint as long as second. Face 

 light iridescent fuscous. Head and thorax blackish brown. Fore 

 wings blackish brown with bold oblique white fascia across the mid- 

 dle of the wing and with a zigzag white fascia across the apical part 

 of the wing: the central fascia is nearest the base on the costal edge 

 and its edges are uneven, especially the outer one ; the apical fascia 

 begins as a broad white costal spot at apical fifth, which is connected 

 with a broad oblique dorsal spot by an outwardly oblique narrower 

 white streak. A few white scales around the apical edge. Cilia brown. 

 Hind wings light fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs blackish 

 with narrow white tarsal annulations. 



Alar expanse, 15 mm. 



Habitat Argus Mountains, California. April A. Koebele. 

 coll. 



Type No. 12697, U. S. National Museum. 



A very distinct species nearest Gelechia lugubrclla Fab- 

 ricius, differing in the form and position of the fascia-. 

 Hind wings with 3 and 4 short-stalked ; 6 and 7 approximate 

 at base, nearly parallel in their course. 



Gelechia periculella, new species. 



Labial palpi purplish black mottled with ochreous especially on the 

 inner side of second joint ; brush short, even, spreading, but hardly 

 furrowed; terminal joint more than half as long as second. ] 

 iridescent fuscous. Head and thorax brownish black. Fore wii . s 

 brownish black with a purple sheen and with a few scattered white 

 At apical fourth is a white x.igzag fascia line, an incom- 

 plete \V. Cilia whitish fuscous. Hind wings dark fuscous with 

 lighter cilia. Legs purplish black; tarsi with narrow ochrenus ; 

 nutations. , 



Alar expanse, 22 mm. 



