NO. 3847 NEARCTIC GELECHIIDAE — ^HODGES 63 



second and third segments subequal in length, second segment slightly- 

 thickened with scales ventrally, third segment slender, apex acute; 

 antenna two-thirds length of forewing, simple. Forewing: broadly 

 lanceolate, apex acute; 12 veins present; 6, 7, and 8 stalked, 6 to 

 dorsum, 7 and 8 to costa. HindAving: trapezoidal, apex produced, 

 acute; 8 veins present, 3 and 4 short stalked; 5 from 3+4 at a right 

 angle; 6 and 7 stalked, 6 to termen, 7 to costa, 7 sinuous. Abdomen: 

 second and third terga with lateral patches of stout setae. Male 

 genitalia: valva with two lobes separate to juncture of tegumen and 

 vinculum, dorsal lobe slender; vinculum broad, quadrate medially; 

 aedeagus with expanded base; tegumen long; uncus hood shaped, with 

 an apical row of short, stout setae; gnathos present, hook shaped; 

 culcitula present. Female genitalia: signum lightly sclerotized, 

 elliptical, two short ridges near each end; ostium bursae at caudal 

 margin of eighth sternum; eighth segment heavUy sclerotized, anterior 

 margin a thickened sclerotized ridge; apophyses anteriores short, 

 apophyses posteriores moderate. 



Rijseria is near Friseria and Sriferia but differs from both by 

 having 6, 7, and 8 of the forewing stalked, terga two and three with 

 permanent setae, and the apical setae of the uncus short and stout. 

 It differs from Friseria in that the costal lobes of the valvae are 

 separate to the base in the males and that the eighth abdominal seg- 

 ment of the female is heavily sclerotized. 



Rifseria fuscotaeniaella (Chambers), new combination 



Figures 55, 129, 130, 168, 243, 244 



Gelechia fuscotaeniaella Chambers, 1878, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 

 vol. 4, p. 89. 



Maculation: as in figure 55. Head: tongue and maxillary palpus 

 brown; first segment of labial palpus brown on outer surface, white 

 on inner surface, outer surface of second segment brown (scales pale 

 basally) on basal third or half, white elsewhere, third segment white 

 except for brown apex and sometimes a brown band at two-thirds; 

 dorsal surface of antenna brown, ventral surface of scape off white, 

 ventral surface of shaft greasy pale brown basally; frons with a row 

 of brown scales from anterior margin of eye to base of tongue, re- 

 mainder of frons, vertex, and occiput white; a row of brown scales 

 behind eye. Thorax: white; base of tegula brown, apex sometimes 

 red brown; apex of mesothorax dark brown; metathorax gray white. 

 Forewing: white, dark marks brown, some red brown, buff, and pale 

 gray present; cilia white below apex, buff at tomus. Hindwing: 

 fuscous, cUia buff. Prothoracic leg: anteromesal surface brown (scales 

 pale basally), apices of femur, tibia, and tarsal segments buff white. 

 Mesothoracic leg: coxa mainly white, some scales gray; femur, tibia, 



