NO. 1304. REVISION OF AMERICAN GELECHIID MOTHS— BUSCK. 877 



Described from many Texan specimens, from Mr. William Beuten- 

 miiller's collection, and from specimens collected by Messrs. E. A. 

 Schwarz and H. S. Barber in Colorado and Arizona. 



It is a very distinct species, recognized ]\y the pale color and the 

 three black costal spots. The ornamentation recalls Eplthectis h/cos- 

 tomaculella Chambers [p. 817.] 



GELECHIA DYARIELLA, new species. 

 Gelechia dyaridht BrscK, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. n74U, 190o. 



Antennae whitish fuscous, indistinctly annulated with darker fuscous. 

 Labial palpi with normal well-developed brush; terminal joint shorter 

 than second; whitish suffused with bluish black scales on the outside; 

 brush and terminal joint nearly black. Face white with ii few light 

 fuscous scales. Ground color of head, thorax, and forewings whitish, 

 but so heavily overUiid with dark fuscous and bluish black scales as to 

 give the appearance to the naked eye of dark gray. At the base is an 

 oblique, ill-detined,o])scure, blackish streak; on the middle of the wing 

 jis a black oval dot followed l)y a short space of pure white; at apical 

 third is a large transverse ))lackish area across the wing, edged on the 

 outside by a narrow zigzag white fascia. Hindwings as broad as fore- 

 wings, light silver}^ fuscous, darker toward apex; cilia yellowish fus- 

 cous. Abdomen silvery gray; first segments velvety yellow on upper 

 side; under side white. Legs white, profusel}' sprinkled with bluish 

 ))lack scales. 



Alar exjxnD^e. — 14 to 18 nun. 



Food plant. — Cottonwood. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



Type.—l^o. 6388, U.S.N.M. 



An obscurely marked species near the following, Gelechia alhispaT- 



sella. Described from a large series bred by Dr. Dyar, who has given 



me the following notes on the larva: 



i Larva. — Resembling the larva of Xi/cieola {Sarwtlirq)a). Slender, thorax and 



i joint 13 smaller than the other segments, snbmoniliform; head whitish testaceous, 



I darker in the sutures and vertex, ocelli black. Body all rather opaque soft green, 



! the incisures folded, dorsal vessel dark green, male glands whitish, small. Cervical 



I shield like the body, but more shining and luteous tinted; feet normal, pale; joint 



13 dorsally dark punctate. Tubercles ia and ib separate, iia-f iib, iv+v, the latter on 



both thorax and abdomen. 



On Cottonwood, Denver, Colorado. Folding up a young leaf by uniting the edges 

 around the margin so that it forms a bag or box; solitary. The larvse turned pink 

 on leaving the bags to spin. Imago July 3. 



GELECHIA ALBISPARSELLA Chambers. 



Depressaria albisparseUa Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 92 and p. 128. 

 Cirrha platandla CnxiiBERs, Can. Ent., IV, 1872, p. 146; Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., 

 IV, 1878, pp. 118, 146.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5285, 1891. 

 Gelechia albisparseUa Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5750, 1903. 



