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3. Dorsal edge, distinctly lighter than t-ostal edge 4 



Dorsal edge, not lighter than costal edge 10 



4. Head unmottled brown hdccharist'lld, p. 825 



Head not unicolorous brown 5 



5. Head and palpi, whitish 6 



Head and palpi, dark mottled 9 



6. Ground color of forewing, light ochreous pKllldocln-clld, p. S2S 



Ground color, not ochreous 7 



7. Forewings with dark streak on fold (fdhidxtericUa, p. 825 



Forewings without such streak 8 



8. Costal half of forewings, nearly unicolorous .albimarginella, p. 827 



Costal half of forewings, not unicolorous semicydionella, p. 828 



9. Base of forewings, clear yellowish brown coqiiUlettella, p. 826 



Base of forewing, not yellowish thrown galbvi^olkhtghm, p. 824 



10. Forwings with large scale tufts on dorsal half (hidielht, p. 828 



Forewings without scale tufts 11 



11. Forewings with ocellate spots 12 



Forewings without ocellate spots 14 



12. Forewings with transverse fascia near l)ase odoinaciilrUn, j). 830 



Forewings without such fascia 13 



13. Forewings with longitudinal ochreous streaks ochreoMrUjella, p. 831 



Forewings without such streaks irlocellelld, p. 830 



14. Forewings wdth two oblique black lines crossing at basal th\rd.. larrrurlld, p. 833 

 Forewings without such lines 15 



15. Forewing with longitudinal streaks 16 



Forewing without longitudinal streaks 17 



16. Streaks light yellow; two large black spots on disk coUmuneUa, p. 831 



Streaks red ; no large discal spots saphirmella, p. 832 



17. Ground color, whitish 18 



Ground color, not whitish 19 



18. Forewings uniformly dotted with dark scales fclntdymiella, p. 834 



Forwings not uniforndy dotted with dark scales bntanella, p. 833 



19. Forwings nearly unicolorous 20 



Forewing strongly mottled hanlc^idln, p. 832 



20. Forewings, brown pednionteUa, p. 829 



Forewings, fuscous scutellariella , p. 834 



GNORIMOSCHEMA GALLCESOLIDAGINIS Riley. 



Gelechla rjalkcsolidag'tnis Riley, Mo. Rep. Nat. Inst., I, 1869, p. 173; II, 1870, pp. 

 20, 132, 134; Smith's ListLep. Bor. Am., No. 5377, 1891.— Chambers, Can. 

 Ent., VIII, 1876, p. 19; IX, 1877, p. 14; Cinn. Quart. Journ. Sci., II, 1875, 

 p. 289; Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., Ill, 1877, pp. 1, 28, 141; IV, 1878, pp. 115, 

 143.— Kellicott, Can. Ent., X, 1878, p. 201.— Dietz, Smith's List Inst. N. 

 Jersey, 1900, p. 474. 



Gnorhnoschenia galldcsolidagliilK Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. IMus., XXIII, 1900, p. 

 227; Dyar's List Anier. Lep., No. 5620, 1903. 



Riley's type is still in perfect condition in the U. 8. National 

 Museum under type no. 452. 



The species is recorded from Missouri (Riley), Colorado (Cham- 

 bers), Michigan and New York (Kellicott), New Jersey (Beutenmiiller), 

 and has been reared repeatedly in large series by the writer in the 

 District of Columl>ia and surrounding country. 



