886 PttOCREDTNGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



.should describe it, and he has kindly handed me the followino- descrip- 

 tion of the moth which he tiuured/ 



Ashen gray, palpi with third joint longer than second, latter dark brownish a1 

 base externally, former dusted with fuscous, base and extreme apex white. Antenna' 

 faintly annulate with fuscous. Thorax with dark -brown spot posteriorly. Forewing^^ 

 marked with dark rich brown as follows: A trapezoidal space at base sharply limited 

 externally by an oblique line nearer the base at the dorsal margin and slightly con- 

 cave toward the apex. This space is separated from the costal margin by a palt' 

 area. An irregular stripe extends through the entire wing to apex, shading off 

 gradually toward the costa A transverse pale line at the beginning of the cilia, 

 oblique in its dorsal half, concave toward the apex in its costal part. Apical jiart of 

 wing with dark lines. Cilia gray with two dark lines. Posterior wings pale fuscous. 

 Underside paler. Legs, except jiosterior pair, fuscous, annulated with black. 



Alar expanse. — 17 mm. 



Habitat. — Hazleton, Pennsylvania. 



Type. — In Dietz's collection. 



Described from a single specimen taken at light. Closely allied to Gelechia tml- 

 singlmmi Dietz. 



I have seen no other .specinien of this species which, in my judg- 

 ment, is a true Gelechia, and not what it was supposed to be, the type 

 of Paeudoclielaria Walsing-ham manuscript. 



GELECHIA TEPHRIASELLA Chambers. 



Gelechia tephria.^eUa Chambers, Can. Ent., IV, LS72, p. 08; Cinn. Quart. Journ. 

 Sci., II, 1875, p. 253; Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 147.— Walsing- 

 ham, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila., X, 1882, p. 181.— Riley, Smith's Li.'-t 

 Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5490, 1891.— Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5767, 

 1903. 



No authentic type of this species exists, but in the U. S. National 

 Museum is a specimen which has on the pin one of Chambers' pill- 

 box labels with Gelechia iejjhriasella in his handwriting. This speci- 

 men consists of only thorax and the two forewings, but these latter 

 agree with Chambers' description and the specimen presumably truly 

 represents this species. 



While the genus can not be determined with certainty from these 

 two forewings, the species appears to belong near the following, a 

 probaljility which is strengthened })y Chambers' description and his 

 observation ^ that this species reminded him of (jris^efascielUi {eonclusella. I 

 Walker). 



However, the generic determination must stand only for what it is, 

 liable to change through future evidence. 



The venation in the forewings is normal 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 re.st separate (not as in the following with veins 3 and 4 stalked). The 

 peculiar coloration of the antennie described by Chambers should 

 make recognition of this species easy. 



Ilahitat. — Kentucky . 



>Ent. News, XI, pi. i, fig. 4. ^Cinn. Quart. Journ., II, p. 253. 



