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Labial palpi long curved, second joint more or less thickened 

 beneath, with rough scales, sometimes with large developed brush, 

 sometimes furrowed; terminal joint nearly as long or longer than 

 second joint, smooth pointed. Forewings elongate pointed, with 12 

 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, rest separate. Hindwings nearly as broad or 

 broader than forewings; apex pointed, termen more or less sinuate; 

 8 veins, 8 and 4 connate or short stalked, 5 approximate to 4, 6 and 

 7 approximate, connate or stalked. 



Two species, namely, conclmelhi Walker and hcsquelltt Cham))ers, 

 which have been included in the present genus, differ from this 

 synopsis in having veins 3 and 4 in the forewings stalked, but I do 

 not believe generic separation woukl be justified on that ground, as 

 there is a tendency in allied species to have these veins approximate, 

 or even connate {Gelec/tia (ildo)iunclla Busck), and as they in all other 

 particulars agree with the genus. 



Chambers' genus Cirrha does not in any way differ from Gelcr/iii^ 

 as exauunation of the type has proven. 



Oeneh Chambers has very strongly developed and somewhat special- 

 ized brush on second joint of labial i)alpi, approaching that of Yp)<()lo- 

 phus; but otherwise in general habitus, wing form, and venation it 

 agrees well Avith Gdechia as here dctined, and I do not l)elieve it can 

 be retained as a natural separate genus in view of the many interme- 

 diate forms found Ijetween it and normal Gdechia species. 



Pseudochelnr/a Dietz has justly been made a synonym of Gdechia 

 by Lord Walsingham and J. Hartley Durrant.* 



From the examination of the supposed type of Lord Walsingham's 

 genus of that name, pensylvanica Dietz (Walsingham manuscript) 

 which is now in Dr. Dietz's possession, I am unable to see why a new 

 genus should be erected for it as Lord Walsingham suggests, and have, 

 consequently, included that species also in the present genus. Some, 

 mistake has likely been made. 



The genus Catastega Clemens, Avhich was erected solely on larval 

 food habits, I had at a time suspected to be synonymous with Gdechia^ 

 and it is so placed in Dr. Dyar's List of American Lepidoptera. I 

 had reached this conclusion by breeding Gelechia serotindla Busck, 

 which has the identical and very peculiar life mode described by 

 Clemens for the genus Catastega, and I surmised that Clemens' species 

 when bred, might turn out to belong to the same group. 



Since then, however, Dr. Dyar has succeeded in breeding what must 

 be regarded as type of Clemens' genus, the oak feeding tiau'dd/a, and 

 it turns out to ))e a Tortricid (not yet determined." ])ecause of ru))bed 

 condition of the specimens). 



lEnt. Mo. Mag. 1902, p. 28. 



■'' For this reason Cutdslq/d, with its three npecies, was retained in Dr. Dyai's List 

 I if American Lepidoptera under (h-lechia, as it was not known wliere else to ])lace 

 them. 



