NO. 1304. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELECHIID MOTHS— BUSCK. 799 



ARISTOTELIA IV^ Busck. 



AristoieUa Inr Bussck, I'vol-. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXII, lUOO, p. 225, ^A. i, tig. 1.— 

 Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., p. 470, 1901. — Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., 

 No. 5580, 1903. 



This species is veiy near to what I take to hefimgivorella Clemens, 

 hut the knowledg-e of the lar\'a and its life mode at once show the 

 distinctiveness of the species. 



Habitat. — Palm Beach, Florida (Dyar). 



J^ood plant. — Iva frutescens. 



Type.—^o. 4932, U.S.N.M. 



ARISTOTELIA BIFASCIELLA, new species. 

 Ar'tstotelia bifasciella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5581, 1903. 



Antenna' dark fuscous, with narrow silv^ery annulations. Labial 

 palpi whitish; second joint mottled with dark brown; terminal joint 

 with tw^o dark brown annulations. Face, head, and thorax light ocher- 

 ous. Forewings dirty yellowish white, with two conspicuous dark 

 brown fascite; the first ()l)li(iue from basal third of costa to middle of 

 dorsal edge; the other is broader and nearly perpendicular on costal 

 edge at apical third; both are shaded with lighter j^ellowish brown 

 toward the dorsal edge. Just before apex is a dark brown costal 

 spot, continued in a very light yellowish area across the wing. Extreme 

 base of costa blackish brown. Hind wings light fuscous, cilia yellowish, 

 Abdomen ochreous; legs whitish, with dark brown shadings on the 

 outside; tarsi blackish brown, with tip of each joint white. 



Alar expanse. — 14 to 16 nun. 



Habitat. — Argus Mountains, Arizona. 



%>^.— No. 6349, U.S.N.M. 



A large easily recognized species, unlike any described American 

 Aristotelia., but reminding one somewhat in size and coloration of 

 Epithectk IncosiomaenMhi Cham])ers, 



ARISTOTELIA ELEGANTELLA Chambers. 



GelecMa e/eganteUa Chamreks, Can. Ent., Ill, 1872, ]i. 239; IX, 1877, p. 23; Bull. 



U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 143.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., 



No. 5358, 1891. 

 Gelechia superbella Chambers, Can. Ent., VII, 1875, p. 32. 

 Aristotelia elegantella Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5582, 1903. 



I have examined the tj^pes of this charming species in Cambridge; 

 it was described from Texas, and later recorded from Missouri by 

 Chand)ers. In the U. S. National Museum are specimens from Ari- 

 zona and New Mexico, the latter collected by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 One specimen is labeled Pa., but probably by mistake, as it is likely 

 confined to southern localities. I have never seen it in the vicinit}' of 

 Washington. 



