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impressed with large punctures to or a little beyond the middle ; the fol- 

 lowing striae are gradually less distinct with little or no evidence of punc- 

 tures; the seventh and eighth striae are very feeble and the latter is 

 scarcely evident, except under a high-power lens. There are three 

 setiferous punctures close to the lateral margin basally, two on the eighth 

 stria, five on the fourth interval, and four at the apex of the abdomen. 

 LatereJ margin impressed and not punctate. Length, 9 mm. 



Habitat: Mount Mitchell, North Carolina, altitude 6,710 feet. 



Allied to A'^. huhhardi from which it differs in form of the elytra, being 

 more robust, broader, with the sides more rounded, and by having the 

 apex more pointed. It also differs in having more striae, with the punc- 

 tures distinct only at the base. A^. huhhardi is a narrower and more 

 graceful species and in shape somewhat resembles A^. imperfedus. 

 Schwarzi was described from a single female taken June 3, 1 9 1 2, on 

 the summit of the Black Mountains, under a large stone deeply imbedded 

 in moss. It was compaired with the t)T5es of A^. huhhardi in the Horn 

 collection and it gives me great pleasure to dedicate the species to Mr, 

 E. A. Schwarz. 



SEVEN NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO 



By AUGUST BUSCK 



Gelechia tehuacana, new species. 



Labial palpi with small, even brush ; second joint white with dark 

 brown base ; terminal joint dusky. Face and head white. Thorax 

 white ; patagia dark brown with white tips. Forewings blackish brown 

 with a purple sheen ; dorsal edge broadly white through its entire 

 length to tomus ; a white outwardly curved costal streak at basal fourth ; 

 just beyond the middle of the wing a narrow, transverse white fascia, 

 curved outward on the costal edge and somewhat widened at the dorsal 

 white edge ; at apical fifth is a broad, inwardly curved, white dash. 

 Terminal cilia dark browoi ; dorsal cilia white. Hindwings blackish 

 fuscous. Abdomen blackish brown with ochreous anal tuft. Legs dark 

 fuscous with narrow, indistinct, white annulations at the joints. 



Alar expanse, 1 9 mm. 



Habitat : Tehuacan, Mexico, July (R. Miiller). 



Type No. 16661, U.S. Nat. Mus. 



