222 PAPEKS BY DR. B. CLEMENS. 



[Extracted from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 

 of Philadelphia., Vol. II. pp. 119—129, August, 1863.] 



AMERICAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY BRADKENRIDGE CLEMENS, M.D. 



TlNEINA. 



Gelechia.* 



j/'fyi lift*- angustipennella. Fore-wings white, dusted with fus- 

 cous from the basal third of the wing to the apex, with a 

 blackish-brown dot in the middle of the wing behind the tip, 

 and two dark-fuscous dots near the costa at the base of the 

 wing, beneath the second of which is an oblique, short fuscous 

 streak. Cilia fuscous. Hind-wings dark fuscous, cilia the 

 same. 



Antennae white, dotted with fuscous above. Head and 

 thorax white. Labial palpi white, second joint with a dark- 

 fuscous spot near the ends of the second joint ; terminal joint 

 with a broad blackish-brown ring at the tip, leaving the 

 extreme apex white. 



(j% /?3 G. punctiferella. Fore-wings white. Near the base of 

 the fold is a blackish dash, and above this in the middle of 

 the wing is a blackish dot and a third one of the same hue, 

 so placed posteriorly as to form a triangle with the other two. 

 Immediately behind the latter, and above the end of the fold, 

 are two blackish dots, placed one above the other. Around 

 the apex and posterior margins, the wing is dusted with dark 

 fuscous. Cilia yellowish-brown. Hind-wings yellowish- 

 brown, cilia the same. 



* See ante, pp. 112 and 217. H. T. S. 





