250 Teneina of the United States. 



margined before by black scales ; head very pale yellowisli-white ; 

 maxillary palpi fuscus, labial palpi dark brown, the third joint tipped 

 with pale yellowish or white. Al. ex., 7 lines, Behrens, San Fran- 

 cisco. 



T. crocicapiteUa, Clem., resembles this species, but is more robust, 

 and has the ocherous spot on the disc, and more distinct than it is in 

 this species, and the head is not white, besides other differences. 



Gelechia — G. saphirinella, n. sp. 



Forewings very slender, hind wings wider, and excised beneath the 

 tip ; second joint of the palpi a little thickened with scales beneath, 

 and a little longer than the slender third joint; palpi white, with 

 brown marks on the outer side of the second joint, and two annul! on 

 the third joint, one near the base, the others near the tip ; head white, 

 streaked almost crimson-red, iridescenct; antennae brown ; thorax and 

 forewings with longitudinal streaks of almost sapphire-red, intermixed 

 with brown, gray-brown, and ocherous streaks and spots. Beneath 

 the fold before the middle is a small brown spot, and behind it, on the 

 fold, is a brownish streak. The streaks and spots are inextricably 

 mixed all over the wings, but under a good Codington lens they 

 appear more distinct, and the bright red is more conspicuous. It is a 

 slender, handsome and graceful-looking insect. AL ex., §ths inch. 



G. nigrella, n. sp. 



Secoud joint of the palpi a little thicker and shorter than the 

 acieular third joint ; very dark, shining brown or black ; head of an 

 ashy-purple hue, iridescent ; second joint of the palpi yellowish-white, 

 except the basal jDortion of the outer surface, which is brown; the 

 third joint becomes fuscus towards the tip ; antennse pale brown ; 

 under surface of the body and the legs yellowish, stained with fuscus* 

 Al. ex., h inch. 



G. trialhamacidella, n. sp. 



Second joint of the pcdpi brush-like ivhite ; third joint shorter than the 

 second dark brown ; face white ; antenna) brown ; forewings dark 

 brown but much lighter than in G. nigrella, which it resembles in size, 

 and also in ornamentation when vievved by the naked eye. There is 

 a small white spot on the fold before the middle, a costal and opposite 



