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head, and is clothed with loose, somewhat spreading scales at its apex, but 

 can scarcely be called tufted ; the third joint is slightly recurved. No 

 maxillary palpi ; tongue scaled and of moderate length. Face full, wider 

 than long, somewhat retreating. Eyes globose, moderate. Vertex short. 

 Antennae simple (as in Gelechid). 



Fore wings lanceolate. Cell rather narrow, closed. Four marginal 

 veins proceed to the costal margin, the first from about the middle of the 

 cell and much longer than the others, which proceed from the apical part 

 of the cell, the fourth being furcate on the costa before the apex ; the 

 median sends four branches to the dorsal margin, the last of which attains 

 the margin near the apex, opposite to the last subcostal marginal vein ; 

 submedian furcate at the base ; the costal attains the margin before the 

 middle. There is nothing in the fore wings to separate it from Gelechia. 



Hind wings lanceolate, narrower than the fore wings, resembling in 

 form and neuration the wings of Hokocera,?a\(\ yet more those of Plutrfla 

 cruciferarum. The costal vein attains the margin before the middle  the 

 subcostal proceeds straight to the margin before the apex ; the discal vein 

 does not touch the subcostal, but terminates at its superior branch, which 

 behind the end of the cell is connected with the subcostal by a very short 

 transverse veinlet, immediately behind which it becomes furcate, delivering 

 both branches to the dorsal margin before the middle ; anteriorly it runs 

 through the cell, parallel and close to the subcostal, but becomes obsolete 

 before it reaches the middle of the cell. The median is three-branched 

 and rounds gradually into the discal, which rounds up anteriorly to its 

 superior branch. Submedian distinct. 



Z. tricristatella. N. sp. 



Palpi reddish brown, sparsely dusted with white, which forms three 

 very narrow and indistinct annulations on the third joint. Face pale 

 yellowish, iridescent. Head and thorax reddish brown. Patagia and 

 basal portion of the dorsal margin of fore wings ochreous yellow, with a 

 small reddish brown tuft within the dorsal margin of the wing, not far 

 from the base ; remainder of the wing dark reddish brown, with a large 

 erect tuft on the fold about midway the length of the wing, and a trans- 

 verse tuft covering the discal vein. Ciliae of mixed brown and whitish 

 scales, and paler than the wing. Legs brown, the tarsi annulate with 

 whitish. The posterior tibiae with a whitish spot about the middle of the 

 outer surface and the tip white. Al. ex. ].\ inch. 



