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Of the group strigella Busck and figurella Busck, and intermediate 

 in size and pattern but very distinct from either. 



Gelechia psiloptera, n. sp. 



Second joint of labial palpi light yellow, much sprinkled with black ex- 

 teriorly ; terminal joint black with a few scattered yellow scales. Face, head 

 and thorax shiny blackish brown with a purple sheen. Forewings to the naked 

 eye shiny blackish brown, nearly black; under a lens it is seen that the black 

 tipped, closely applied scales have light yellow bases and that the wing thereby 

 is finely dusted with yellow; at apical third is a small indistinct and diffused 

 yellowish costal spot, an inconspicuous purplish black spot at the end of the 

 cell, another on the middle of the cell and a third below this latter on the fold; 

 in some specimens these spots are hardly discernible or absent. Cilia blackish 

 fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous with cilia a shade lighter. Abdomen blackish 

 brown. Legs light brown with dusky tarsi. 



Alar expanse: 16-17 mm. 



Habitat : Meach Lake, Ottawa Co., Quebec, Canada. 



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

 (No. 22663). 



A shiny nearly black species with rather narrow pointed wings. 



DiCHOMERIS MOLLIS, n. sp. 



Tuft on second joint of labial palpi well developed, pointed, ochreous on 

 the inner side, blackish brown exteriorly except for a thin w4iite line on the 

 upper edge; terminal joint ochreous with white base and with a longitudinal 

 black line in front. Face, head and thorax ochreous fuscous. Forewings light 

 ochreous fuscous sprinkled with black ; costal edge narrowly and faintly touched 

 with brick red ; a small inconspicuous second discal spot at the end of the cell 

 white, edged with black; a similar even less conspicuous dot, consisting of a few 

 scales on the middle of the cell; a very faint row of black dots on the terminal 

 edge, which is slightly darker than the rest of the wing; cilia ochreous fuscous 

 mixed with black. Hindwings light fuscous with ochreous fuscous cilia. Abdo- 

 men ochreous fuscous above, underside blackish with a central longitudinal 

 broad ochreous line. Legs blackish fuscous on their outer surfaces, light 

 ochreous on their inner side. 



Alar expanse : 19-21 mm. 



Habitat: Redington, Arizona. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. N;itional Museum 

 (No. 22664). 



This is very close to and may prove merely a western variety of 

 D. georgicUa Walker (roseocostella Walsingham), but the tuft on the 

 labial palpi is longer and more pointed and the forewings are nar- 

 rower and more imiformly colored than in the eastern species. 



