888 PROCEED I XGS OF THE NATIOXAL ^rUSEXni. 



GELECHIA NUNDINELLA Zeller. 



Gekchia mmdlnelUt Zeller, Yerh. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, XXIII, 1873, p. 



256.— Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 145.— Riley, Smith's 



List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5420, 1891. — Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 



5770, 1903. 

 Gelechia beneficentella Murtfeldt, Can. Ent., XIII, 1881, p. 245. — Riley, Smith's 



List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5321, 1891. 



Zellei-'s type in the Cambridge Museum of Gelechia nicndmella 

 proves, as the description would indicate, that it is the same as Miss 

 Murtfeldfs later-described heneficentdlr/, of which good })red scries are 

 found in the U. S. National Museum, besides authentic specimen 

 received from Miss Murtfeldt. 



I'^Mx? 'plani. — Solanum carol inenf<e. 



ILil>!faf.—m^mm\ (Murtfeldt), Texas (Zeller, Boll), District of 

 Colum])ia (Busck). 



GELECHIA MONUMENTELLA Chambers. 



Gelechia monumenteUa Cha-mbers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., Ill, 1877, p. 125; U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Bull., IV, 1878, p. 145.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., 

 No. 5413, 1891.— Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5771, 1903. 



The unique type of this species is found in good condition in the 

 Cambridge Museum, agreeing with the description, and labeled "" Colo- 

 rado," with the name in (chambers' handwriting. 



The type shows one point not mentioned I)}' Chambers, namely, a 

 thin, indistinct, but complete white fascia at apical third. 



In the U. S. National Museum there is a large series of this very 

 distinct insect, bred by Mr. Coquillett and Mr. Koebele in California 

 from Frdncenia grandiilord. 



GELECHIA OBSCUROSUFFUSELLA Chambers. 



Gelechia obscurosufuseUa Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, pp. 90, 

 145.— Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am., No. 5425, 1891.— Busck, Dyar's 

 List Amer. Lep., No. 5772, 1903. 



Type no. 456, in the U. S. National Museum, of this species from 

 Chambers agrees with other types examined in the Cambridge Museum 

 and in Professor Fernald's collection. All are in rather poor condi- 

 dition, but agree so far as can be made out with Chambers' description 

 and prove that the species is a true Gelecliia. 



I have met with no other specimens. 



//«^;^^/^.— Texas. 



GELECHIA PETASITIS Pfaffenzeller. 



Gelechia petasitis Pfaffenzeller, Stett. Ent. Zeit., XX VIII, 1867, p. 79.— 



Staudinger and Rebel, Cat. Lep. Eur., II, 1901, No. 2588. — Walsingham, 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila., X, 1882, p. 178.— Riley, Smith's List. Lep. 



Bor. Am., No. 5445, 1891.— Busck, Dyar's List Amer. Lep., No. 5773, 1903. 



I have exiuuined in Professor Fernald's collection three specimens 



which Lord Walsingham determined as the European insect. 



