866 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxv. 



Face, head, and thorax pure .silver}^ white, patagia black. Fore- 

 wings deep bronzy black, with dorsal edge below the fold, from base 

 to cilia white, and \Aith a white narrow inwardl}' curved fascia at 

 apical fourth. 



The black part of the wing is found, under a lens, to be slightly 

 sprinkled with minute bluish white atoms. 



Cilia white sprinkled with black scales. Hindwings broader than 

 forewings, shining light fuscous, cilia with a yellowish tint. 



Abdomen light silvery and purplish fascous, with the two first 

 joints yellowish above, below sprinkled with white. 



Legs purplish black, sprinkled with white scales and with each 

 joint slightly tipped with white. 



Alar expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Arizona. 



Type.—^o. 6380, U.S.N.M. 



A striking and distinct species near the foregoing, collected at 

 Williams, Arizona, in July, by Mr. H. S. Barber. 



GELECHIA PACKARDELLA Chambers. 



Gekchia packardella Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., Ill, 1877, p. 143; IV 

 1878, p. 145.— KiLEY, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5437, 1891.— Busck 

 Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5732, 1903. 



I have not yet definitely" determined this species, the type of which 

 is lost, but it evidently belongs in this immediate group and will, when 

 found, easily be identified from the description. 



IJahitat. — Colorado. 



GELECHIA ARISTELLA, new species. 

 Gelechia aristella Bvhck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5733, 1903. 



Antennpp dark, shining brown. Labial palpi with well-developedl 

 spreading furrowed brush, second joint light canary yellow, terminal 

 joint whitish, sprinkled with sparse light fuscous scales. Face, head, 

 and thorax light, clear canary yellow; patagia black. 



Forewings deep purplish black with two conspicious broad longi-v 

 tudinal canary-yellow streaks; one from ))ase along and immediately!; 

 below the costal edge to apical third; the other, which is broader, fromj 

 base along and including the entire dor.sal edge nearly to apex. Cilia* 

 dark purplish fuscous. 



Hindwings much broader than forewings, light silvery fuscous, cili 

 still a shade lighter. 



Abdomen light purplish gray; anterior joints above velvety yel^ 

 lowish. 



Legs purple, sprinkled with white scales. 



Ala?' expanse.— 2'2 mm. 



