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In the systematic part of this paper I describe the maculation and 

 color pattern of an individual specimen which usually is the one, or 

 one of those, figured. Label data are presented verbatim with the 

 exception that dates have been converted to a standard form. 



The follo\\ing individuals have been extremely helpful in the loan 

 or donation of material, rearing of specimens, and sharing of informa- 

 tion: J. D. Bradley, Annette F. Braun, J. F. G. Clarke, H. Clench, 

 P. J. Darlington, D. R. Davis, E. A. Dickason, W. D. Duckworth, 

 H. E. Evans, D. C. Ferguson, O. S. Flint, Jr., J. G. Franclemont, 

 T. N. Freeman, M. O. Glenn, H. Grant, R. C. Hall, H. J. Hannemann, 

 Lars Hedstrom, C. P. Kimball, A. B. Klots, C. D. MacNeill, L. M. 

 Martin, J. A. Powell, F. H. Rindge, K. Sattler, P. J. Spangler, G. A. 

 Struble, E. L. Todd, W. G. Tremewan, P. Viette, and A. K. Wyatt. 



Abbreviations used for location of specimens are as follows: 



ANSP Academy of Natiu-al Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



AMNH American Museum of Natiu-al History, New York, New York. 



AFB Collection of Annette F. Braun, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



BMNH British Museum (Natural History), London, England. 



CAS California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cahfornia. 



CNC Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, Canada. 



CM Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 



CPK Collection of Charles P. Kimball, West Barnstable, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



CNHM Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago, IlUnois. 



CU Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 



JGF Collection of John G. Franclemont, Ithaca, New York. 



LACM Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CaUfornia. 



MOG Collection of Murray O. Glenn, Henry, lUinois. 



MCZ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



NSMS Nova Scotia Museum of Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



USNM United States National Museum, Washington, D.C. 



UCB University of California, Berkeley, California. 



Mr. J. Scott, staff photographer, Smithsonian Institution, made the 

 photographs used in the illustrations. 



Work on this revision was started while I was a postdoctoral fellow 

 with the National Science Foundation. 



Taxonomic Treatment. — Suprageneric taxa are present in the 

 Gelechiidae; however, their definition and relationships are in part 

 connected with comparable units in the Gelechioidea. On the basis 

 of material seen to date the Nearctic genera can be segregated into 

 five groups; and for convenience the well-known genera, Isophrictis 

 Meyrick, Recurvaria, Gelechia Hubner, Dichomeris, and Anacampsis 



