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black transverse spot at the end of the cell. Cilia yellowish white. Hindwings 

 silvery white with jellowish cilia. .-Vbilomen light silvery yellow. Legs silvery 

 yellow with dark tarsal nnnulations. 



Alar expanse: 11-14 mm. 



Habitat: Olancha. Inya Co., and La Puerta Valley, California. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Biirnes ; cotypcs in U. S. National Musenm 

 (No. 22660). 



A bright easily recognized little species allied to Gclecliia abdom- 

 inella Busck and G. coticola P.usck. 



Gei.echia benitella, n. sp. 



Second joint of labial palpi light yellow, terminal joint blackish brown with 

 extreme base and tip yellow. Face and head light yellow. Thorax dark black- 

 ish brown with a broad central longitudinal yellow stripe. Forewings dark 

 purplish brown; a light yellow streak from basal fifth of costa curves down- 

 wards and outwards along the fold and then upwards, ending at the end of the 

 cell ; it is partially edged with black scales ; a light yellow triangular costal spot 

 at apical fourth. Cilia purplish fuscous. Hindwings light fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous with yellowish base and underside. Legs purplish black with nar- 

 row yellow tarsal annulations. Venation typical ; hindwings with 3 and 4 con- 

 nate, 6 and 7 closely approximate. 



Alar expanse : 12-13 mm. 



Habitat : San Benito, Texas. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes ; cotypes in V. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22661). 



Probably nearest to Gclecliia inacqualis Busck. The pattern re- 

 minds somewhat of Tclphitsa longifasciclla Clemens. 



Gelechia rectistrigeli,a, n. sp. 



Labial palpi long, thin, second joint but slightly thickened by a short even 

 brush, furrowed in its entire length; terminal joint nearly as long as second, 

 white sprinkled with black and brown scales. Lower part of face whitish, upper 

 part of face and head light ochreous. Thorax white evenly sprinkled with dark 

 brown. Forewings white with the venation nearly perfectly outlined by thin 

 dark brown lines; on the middle of costa a narrow blackish brown edge, ter- 

 minating at apical third in a small whitish dash ; on the end of the cell a small 

 round black dot. Cilia light reddish fuscous, sprinkled with black. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous with ochreous fuscous cilia. Abdomen light ochreous with whitish 

 underside. Legs whitish, heavily shaded exteriorly with black ; tarsi black with 

 very narrow ochreous annulations at the base of the joints. 



Alar expanse : 20 mm. 



Habitat: West Riverside, California. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22662). 



