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IkuiiI Dietz, to whioli it comes quite close, though much larger 

 and deeper in color. 



The species has a striking superficial resemblance to the 

 larger typical species of the genus Gnorimoschema. 



Gelechia higella new species 



Labial palpi with stubby, indistinctly furrowed brush on sec- 

 ond joint, nearly even throughout its length light fuscous mot- 

 tled with dark brown. Face light fuscous. Head and thorax 

 (lark fuscous. Forewings dark velvety fuscous with two vel- 

 vety lilack round dots, one on the middle of the fold and one 

 obliquely above it on the cell, both slightly edged with rust- 

 brown scales; at the end of the cell is a small rust-brown spot 

 containing a few single black scales, a small blackish costal spot 

 at ajiical third and an illdefined marginal row of black around 

 the aijical and terminal edges; cilia fuscous sprinkled with 

 single black scales. Hindwing dark fuscous ; anal cilia yellowish 

 fuscous ; the males have on the underside of the hindwing a row 

 of long raised scales on vein 8. Abdomen dark fuscous, with 

 the upper side of the basal joints tinged with golden yellow. 

 Legs blackish fuscous with narrow yellowish tarsal annulations. 



Alar expanse : 20-21 mm. 



Hahifat— San Diego, California, February. W. S. Wright, 

 coll. 



IT. S. N. M. Type No. 15,61 L 



Nearest to our Eastern Gelechia hUumaculella Chambers. 



Ethmia mediella new species 



Labial palpi long, recurved, reaching beyond vertex; white 

 sprinkled with black scales ; outer side of second joint nearly all 

 black. Antenna? leadcolored with narrow white annulations; 

 first joint white on the underside. Face white. Head white 

 with a central black spot. Thorax white with four black dots, 

 two on each side. Patagina white with two black basal dots. 

 Forewings white suffused with soft gray which is darker just 

 above the fold below which there is a rather sharply edged pure 

 white longitudinal area; basal part of costal edge dark lead 



