OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XI, 1909. 179 



Habitat Humboldt, California. July. H. S. Barber, coll. 

 7 >/>? No. 12698, U. S. National Museum. 

 A large species of the black and white group nearest 

 Zeller. 



Gelechia nanodella, new species. 



Labial piilpi light ochreous, terminal joint liberally sprinkled with 

 Mack: lirusli on second joint well developed, narrowly furrowed: 

 iM-'iiinal joint nearly as Ions as second. Antennae ochreous fuscous 

 \\itli l)lack annulations. Face and head light ochreous; thorax darker 

 ochreous sprinkled with black. Fore wings with the whitish oclireon- 

 ground-color partly obscured hy Mack, brown and dark fuscous scales: 

 l he pattern is obscure and ill defined, but in perfect specimens can be 

 made out two oblique dark streaks on the basal third of the wing in 

 the cell and a blackish costal spot just before apical third, preceding 

 a light ochreous costal spot, which is the beginning and most apparent 

 part of an indistinct, narrow, outwardly angulated ochreous fascia: 

 iliis fascia is vaguely limited basally by a broad dark shadow of the 

 same angulated form. Cilia ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. Hind 

 wings light ochreous fuscous. Abdomen ochreous fuscous with lighter 

 anal tuft. Legs ochreous, sprinkled wiith black and with tarsal annu- 

 lations. 



Alar expanse, 14 mm. 



Habitat San Diego, California. May. L. E. Ricksecker. 

 coll. 



Type No. 12684. U. S. National Museum. 



Received from Mr. \Ym. IX Kearfott, in whose collection 

 arc additional specimen^. 



A typical Gelechia of obscure appearance, reminding some- 

 what of Gnorimo schema lari'crnclla Chambers. Hind wings 

 with veins (> and 7 stalked; 3 and 4 connate or barely separate. 



Gelechia malindella, new species. 



Labial palpi light ochreous, sprinkled with black; second joint with 

 short, even, slightly furrowed brush: terminal joint nearly as long as 

 second. \ntennre ochreous with narrow black annulations. Face 

 ochreous. iridescent. Iliad and thorax light ochreous. sliohth 

 sprinkled with black. Fore wings light, whitish ochreous, evenly 

 sprinkled with single black atoms; three small black costal spots. < me 

 near base, one before the middle, and one before the apical third of 

 ilie wing: a slightly indicated series of small black terminal dots 

 around anex. ("ilia light ochreous. Mind wings rather dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen ochreons fuscous. Legs ochreous, dusted with black: tarsi 

 annulate 1 \\iih black. 



Mar exp; ise, l' to 17 mm. 



