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Labial palpus with brush on second joint slightly furrowed, ter- 

 minal joint slightly thicknened with scales, which protrude beyond 

 the tip. 



Fore wings with 12 veins, veins 2 to 6 nearly equidistant. Hind 

 wings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 connat-e or short-stalked, 5 approximate 

 to 4; 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 



Male genitalia with upper branch of harpe slender, broadened at 

 tip, often furcate at tip; lower branch or harpe short; uncus a large 

 hook, pointed; gnathos weak or undeveloped; vinculum broad and 

 long; aedeagus slender, curved, with bulbous base and hooked apex. 

 Female genitalia with upper part of ductus bursae sclerotized ; bursa 

 large, oblong, with a single strong, sometimes slightly dentate, thorn- 

 like, strongly curved signum, the base of which extends outside the 

 bursa wall. 



Named in honor of H. H. Keifer, assistant entomologist of the 

 California Department of Agriculture, who has done much careful 

 biological work with this group of economically important species. 



Genotype, Gnorimoachema lycopersicella Busck." 



NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF KEIFERIA 



lycopersiceUa ( Busck ) . 



plochinella (Zeller). Synonyms: nolaniella (Chambers), cinerella (Murtfeldt), 



inconspicuclla (Murtfeldt). 

 elmorei (Keifer). 

 altisolani (Keifer). 



All these names are tran.sferred from Gnorimoschema. 



4. Genus LITA Treitschke 

 Plate 58, Figube 5; Plate 65, Fioubes 37-39 



Lita Treitschke, Die Schmetterlinge Europas, vol. 9, p. 76, 1833. (Genotype, 

 lAta zebrella Treitschke, synonym of Anacampsis longicomis Curtis.) 



Labial palpus with second joint very long, slender; brush short 

 and hardly furrowed; terminal joint long, slender, acute. 



Fore wing with vein 2 distant from 3. Hind wing with veins 6 

 and 7 separate at base, nearly parallel; veins 3 and 4 approximate, 

 connate or stalked. 



Male genitalia with uncus very short, broad, edged with strong, 

 flattened spines; gnathos a strong curved hook; upper branch of 

 harpe long, curved, club-shaped; lower branch shorter, serrated on 

 edge; aedeagus straight, with stalk below entrance hole for penis; 

 eighth segment moderate. 



Female genitalia with signa two strong dentate plates. 



"Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc, vol. V, p. 171, 1928. 



