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A well marked species nearest in coloration to Gelechia hin- 

 kaidfUd Bnsek, bnt easily distinguished by the pattern, which 

 comes nearer to that of the much smaller Gelecliia paraphitella 

 Busck. 



Gelechia scabrelld new species 



Labial palpi with short indistinctly divided brush on the 

 underside, blackish l)rown exteriorly, gray on the inner side; 

 terminal joint shorter than second somewhat thickened with 

 scales, blackish brown with an indistinct pale annulation at 

 base. Antenua3 tinel.y pubescent, dark purplish brown each 

 joint terminating in a circlet of ])aler somewhat raised scales. 

 Face, head and thorax dark piirplish brown finely irrorated 

 with white, the extreme ti]) of each scale being white ; posterior 

 tip of thorax deep velvety, unmixed brown with a strong purple 

 sheen. Forewings of the same irrorated brown color as the 

 thorax except for a large triangular dorsal patch near the base, 

 which has the same color as the posterior tip of thorax; this 

 reaches with one corner to the costal edge and is shar]ily edged 

 posteriorly by a thin oblique white line; on the middle of the 

 wing is a similarly uuicolored, but more diffused larger patch, 

 edged posteriorly by a thin, transverse, slightly concave, white 

 line across the wing at apical third; both of these dark brown 

 areas contain small tufts of raised scales in two longitudinal 

 rows; the groundcolor with lighter brown white-tipped scales 

 thus cover the extreme base, an oblique fascia beyond the first 

 white line the dorsal and costal edges and the entire tip of the 

 wing beyond the thin white fascia ; cilia concolorous. Hind- 

 wings broader than the forewings, light shiny fuscous. Abdo- 

 men light fuscous. Legs blackish fuscous with indistinct nar- 

 row annulations at the joints. 



Alar expanse : 17-20 mm. 



Habitat — San Diego, California, June, Julv. "W. S. Wright, 

 coll. 



U. S. N. M. Type No. 15,610. 



This is the western representative of our eastern G. n-alsiiig- 



