RESTRICTION OF THE GENUS GELECHIA— BUSCK 



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UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES 



The following species are unknown to me except from the descrip- 

 tions, which are not sufficient to place them properly. The species in 

 this list described by Meyrick and Braun will eventually be placed 

 by examination of the types ; but the fact that these species remain 

 unrecognized except by the author is a good example of the impro- 

 priety of keeping types in private collections, where they can be ex- 

 amined only by other workers at the pleasure and convenience of the 

 author. When anyone adds to the nomenclature by describing new 

 species he imposes upon the rest of the workers of the world the obli- 

 gation to deal with these new names. The types, therefore, become 

 a public concern and should be placed in an institution where any 

 qualified worker can examine them. 



Chambers' species, of which the types are lost and the short de- 

 scriptions of which are quite insufficient for certain recognition, must 

 eventually be arbitrarily fixed by selecting species from the type 

 locality that do not disagree with Chambers' description and attach- 

 ing Chambers' names to them. This much-needed work is outside the 

 scope of this paper. In the meantime all these species must be re- 

 tained in Gelechia^ where they were described, although most of tliem 

 probably belong in other genera. 



agriodes Meyrick. Utati. 

 asiolodes Meyrick. Texas. 

 attriteUa "Walker. Oregon. 

 iadiomaculella Chambers. Kentucky. 

 bispiculata Meyrick. Arizona, Texas. 

 histrigella Chambers. Canada. 

 hrumella Clemens. Labrador. 

 capiteochrella Chambers. Texas. 

 clistrodoma Meyrick. Arizona. 

 collinearis Meyrick. Texas. 

 conspersa Braun. Montana. 

 decemmaculella Chambers. Colorado. 

 discostrigclla Chambers. California. 

 elahoratella Braun. California. 

 epigypsa Meyrick. Texas. 

 flavicorporella Walsingham. Massachu- 

 setts. 

 friigalis Braun. Utah. 

 fuscolutella Chambers. Kentucky. 

 fuscomaculella Chambers. Kentucky. 

 glycyrhizaeella Chambers. Colorado. 

 griseochrella Chambers. California. 

 halycopa Meyric. Texas. 

 intermedia Braun. California. 



maculatusclla Chambers. California. 

 mimella Clemens. Pennsylvania. 

 nigroiariata Braun. Canada. 

 obscurclla Chambers. Kentucky. 

 obscurusclla Chambers. Synonym: 



fuscopulvella Chambers. Kentucky. 

 occlusa Braun. Canada. 

 ocherfuscella C h a m b e rs. Synonym : 



ochreofusceUa Meyrick. California. 

 packardella Chambers. Colorado. 

 pallidegrisseella Chambers. Texas. 

 palpialiella Chambers. Kentucky. 

 parvipulvcUa Chambers. Texas. 

 pcnnacta Braun. Canada. 

 prognosticata Braun. Utah. 

 pullusella Chambers. Synonyms: pul- 



lella Meyrick, minimeUa Chambers. 



Texas. 

 spcculifcra Meyrick. Arkansas. 

 thoraceochreUa Chambers. Kentucky. 

 thoracestrigella Chambers. California. 

 unistrigella Chambers. Kentucky. 

 icacocUa Chambers. Texas. 

 xyloglypta Meyrick. California. 



