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raavgiu sparsel}' flecked with brown;' the^ fascia also are more or less 

 margined with brown scales, and the third fascia is sometimes inter- 

 rupted in the middle; and the fuscus scales, which margin the first and 

 second fascia (especially' near the fold along the second fascia), form 

 minute tufts of raised scales. Cilia grayish, with black scales, tipped 

 with white, interspersed among them. Under side of the wing, brown- 

 ish. Hindwings, pale grayish, with light cilia. Abdomen, brown 

 above, whitish toward the apex beneath. Al. ex., |th inch. 



This description has, at the request of Prof. Cojnstock, been fur- 

 nished to him for the forthcoming volume of the Report of the U. S. 

 Agricultural Department. The species was received for identification 

 from Prof. Comstock, who informs me that the larva mines the leaves 

 of a species of pine tree (Abies sp.}. Prof. C. will no doubt furnish 

 more complete details of its life history. 



Mr. Stainton, in a letter, states that a Gelechia mining pine leaves is 

 new to him, but that the ornamentation of this species, as briefly de- 

 scribed in my letter, suggests a superficial resemblance to (JEcophora 

 angustella, Hiib. I can not, however, refer this species to (Ecophora 

 for many reasons. Its proper place is in Gelechia, and although the 

 ground color is quite diff'erent, yet the fascia and small raised tufts 

 recall the European G. dodecella, which is also a pine feeding species. 



G. OBLIQUIFASCIELLA, n. Sp. 



Palpi, simple, brown on the outer surface, white within, with a white 

 annulus on the apex of the second joint, one on the base ot the third, 

 and another before the top of the third. Head, sordid or grayish white, 

 iridescent. Antennae, sordid, pale brownish. Thorax and fore\yings, 

 brown, the dorsal margin of the wings white; an oblique white fascia 

 crosses the wings before the basal fourth, passing into thcAvhite of the 

 dorsal margin. Abdomen, brownish, with the annal tuft sordid 3'el- 

 lowish. Legs, yellowish, marked with brown on their anterior surfaces. 

 Al. ex., 9-16th inch. Texas. 



(t. quadrimaculella, Cham. 



In the description the ground color is said to be brown; but there is 

 great variation in the depih of the color, some specimens being rather 

 of a dark ashen hue than brown. G. jjravinominelln, Cham., though 

 having the spots nearly as in this species darker, and has a large brush 

 on the second joint of the palpi, whilst this species has the palpi slender, 

 and without a brush. This also has the third palpal joint as long as 

 the second, and of a paler hue. 



