16K THK ( A.NAUIAN KNT«>M(>UHtlHT. 



A NKW CKLECHIA INQUILINOUS IN CECIDOMMID C.ALI^. 



I!Y AUf.UST BUSCK, WASHINGTON. D. C. 



GeUchia ini/ui/ineila, new species. 



Labial palpi normal for the genus, with moderate furrowed brush, 

 longest at base, gradually shorter towards the tip of second joint ; second 

 joint white, strongly sprinkled with blackish fuscous scales ; terminal joint 

 nearly as long as second, blackish fuscous, slightly sprinkled with white. 

 Antenna* slightly serrated, bluish-black, each joint spotted with white on 

 the under side. I'ace light steel-gray ; head darker gray, tipped with 

 black. I'horax blackish fuscous. I'ore wings with whitish ground colour, 

 but so heavily overlaid with bluish-black and dark fuscous scales as to 

 a|)pear blackish-fuscous to the naked eye. On the middle of the cell is a 

 small, obscure, ill-defined black spot ; on the fold below and at the end of 

 the cell are similar equally obscure black spots, both slightly edged by a 

 few dark ochreous scales. Cilia light gray. Hind wings broader than 

 the fore wings, light shining fuscous ; cilia still lighter, with an ochreous 

 tint. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs blackish fuscous, with the tuft on 

 the posterior tibial light straw-coloured. N'enation typical ; hind wings 

 with 3 and 4 connate, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



Alar e.xpanse, 14-15 nun. 



Habitat : Karner, New York. Issued March 24, 1910. 



'I'ype, U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 13119- 



" Bred from brassiroides gall of Cecidoniyiid on willow ' (Kelt). 



Received from Dr. K. V. Felt, who has asked me to publish this 

 description for his use in connection with his work on Cccidomyiida. The 

 species is an obscure looking, typical Gelechia, nearest in coloration and 

 oral parts to Gelechia pravinominella Chambers. 



OHITrARV. 



The Rev. Jeremiah Lott Zabriskie, well known for his work in Enlo- 

 niology and Microscopy, died at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on April 

 2, at the age of seventy-five years. He was an active and much esteemed 

 member of the New York Knlomological .Society. 



May. 1410 



