NO. i;?w. R E VTSTOX O F A MERTCA N GELECHIIT) MO THS—B FSCK. '853 



'Phis juid tho two other species, which w(M-e placed heiidino- the list 

 of unreco»j;nized species of (h'Jeeli'ta have thus no place there, and need 

 not ^ive more troidile in this group. 



Under Gelechld it has been necessary to place not only such species 

 which have been recognized by the writer as belonging- to the genus, 

 but also all those species which have been descril)ed as or referred to 

 Gdechia, but which at present are unknown and therefore of uncer- 

 tain generic position; in fact, some of these evidently do not belong to 

 Gehchla^ but as their true genus can not be ascertained at present the}' 

 must temporarily stand under Gelechia as described. 



All these unplaced species I have put in section B., which then 

 merely indicates that such species are retained in the genus only on the 

 authority of the original description. These species must of course 

 be reckoned with when a new species is to be described in any Gele- 

 vh'ihl genus. It is a tedious work, always more or less uncertain, to go 

 over all these descriptions l)efore one is reasonably sure not to make a 

 synonym. 



To insure myself as far as possible against this 1 have made for iny 

 own use a synoptic table of all these uncertain species, using such 

 striking characters as can l)e gleaned from the descriptions. ])ut even 

 with this many descriptions must be gone over. 



All species placed in section A can be relied upon as conforming 

 with the definition of the genus 6^(?/(?(7i/« in all particulars, except when 

 otherwise expressly remarked upon. 



The following synoptic table includes only these recognized species: 



(jl round folor ljlack*or very dark uniform brown 1 



(iround color not black or dark uniform brown 21 



1 . With head canary yellow (iristcll<(, ]•. SfiG 



Head not yellow 2 



2. Forewings with white or whitish markin^js < inly 3 



Forewing with dorsal edge rust red h<ix(j>icll<i, }>. 804 



3. With head pure white 4 



With head more or less mottled 14 



4. With basal half of dorsal edge white 5 



Dorsal edge not white - 9 



5. Entire dorsal edge white patilrlla, j). 865 



Entn-e dorsal edge not white 6 



6. With oblique white fascia at apical fourth unifo^rieJIa, ]). 865 



Without such fascia " 



7. With abdomen and legs salmon colored (OxhniihwUd, p. 863 



Abdomen not salmon colored 8 



8. With white streak on basal half of costa ftitalrc/ld, p. 862 



Without such streak dnitdln, ]). 862 



9. With thorax white 10 



Thorax not white 12 



10. Forewings with w'hite fascia and costal spots alhilntrllti, p. 8(>1 



Forewings without such fascia and spots. _ 11 



11. Forewings with faint ochreous white dots on disk mhiimaculella, p. 867 



Forewings without such dots Iliuracealhella, p. 867 



