NO.1304. BEVISION OF AMERICAN OELECHIID MOTJIS-BUSCK. 787 



TELPHUSA QUERCIELLA Chambers. 



Depressaria (jurrcidla Cm am hers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, pp. 127, 147. 



AffraMfia querddln Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 207. 



Gelechki querciella Chahberh, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 146. — Riley, 



Smith's ListLep. Bor. Am., No. 5463, 1891.— Dietz, Smith N. J. Insects, 1900, 



p. 474. 

 TelpJmsa quercklla Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5559, 19()o. 



Type No. 460, U.S.N.M., of this species, agrees with other .speci- 

 mens from Chambers in Professor Fernald's collection and in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge. 1 have met with no 

 other specimen. 



Food plan t. — Oak (Cham bers) . 



Ilabliat. — Kentucky, New Jersey. 



TELPHUSA BASISTRIGELLA Zeller. 



Gelechia {Poeciliaf) basistrigeUa Zeller, Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 



1873, p. 270, pi. Lv, fig. 23. 

 Gelechia hasistrigeUa CnxMBEVts, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1870, p. 141. — Riley, 



Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., 5318, No. 1891. 

 TelpJmsa hasidngella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Leji., No. 5560, 1903. 



The unique type of this species is in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology in Cambridge in good condition. I have not seen other 

 specimens which I can refer with certainty to this species. 



Hah it at . — Texas. 



TELPHUSA BASIFASCIELLA Zeller. 



Gelechia (Parilia) husifascicUa Zeller, Verh. k. k. zool.-l)t)t. (iesellsch. Wien, 



1873, p. 269, pi. Ill, fig. 22. 

 (hlechia hasifa.sddla Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV., 1878, p. 141.— 



Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5319, 1891.— Dietz, Smith's List 



InseetsN. J., 1900, p. 474. 

 Tclphusa basifasciella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 55(jl, 1903. 



I have examined the typos of this easily recognized species in tlie 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge. In the U. 8. Na- 

 tional Museimi there is a specimen identical with these determined by 

 Ijord Walsingham. 



Habitat. — Texas, New Jcn-sey (Dietz). 



TELPHUSA BETULELLA, new species. 

 Telphusa betulella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5562, 1903. 



Antenna f, simple, slightly serrate toward tip, light reddish, with 

 base of each joint silvery white and tip of each joint dark brown. 



Labial palpi, second joint thickened, with rough scales beneath, sil- 

 very white slightly sprinkled with drap scales and with base drap; 

 terminal joint suffused with drap and black scales, a small spot on the 

 inner side near the middle and the extreme tip whitish. Face and 



