GEIECIIIA. 101 



Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antonnrr with the joints thickly set. 

 Tongue of inodcrate lengtli, clothed with scales. ]\Iaxillary jialpi very 

 short. Labial ])alpi inodcrately long, rcdcxcd ; the second joint bc- 

 neatli resembling a brush ; the tcrnihiai joint thin and pointed, aljove 

 icith projcctinr/ scales. Abdomen rather depressed. Anterior Avings 

 elongate, with raised tufts of scales ; the cilia moderately long. I'os- 

 tcrior wings trapezoidal, the hinder margin slightly sinuated before 

 the anal angle, and slightly emarginatc below the apex, with longer 

 cilia. 



Only one species is at present known in this genus. 



1. gibboseUa, Zell. Tsis, 1839. p. 202.— Zeph/retia, Step.? Alls (p(- 15^ 

 anticis griseo-marmoratis, costam versus dilutioribus, ipsa basi dorsi t C- 



albida, striga obliqua juxta basim nigra, macula objonga cosla,^ medite 

 fusca, fascia postica augulata albida obsoleta, maculis tril)us scabris 

 supra jjlicam fuscis. Exp. al. 8 lin. 



Head and face greyish-fuscous. Falpi yellowish ; terminal joint fus- 

 cous, except the apex. Antenufe fuscous, with ])aler annulations. An- 

 terior wings raarbled-grey, with the extreme base of the inner margin 

 whitish, and an oblique black streak very near the base (as in many of 

 the Depress ft)- ice) ; the costal half of the wing is generally i)aler, but 

 there is a conspicuous fuscous blotch on the costa about the mi(hlle ; 

 the pale angulated fascia is rather indistinct ; along the fold are three 

 fuscous tufts of elevated scales ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings 

 fuscous, paler at the base, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Not common; has occurred in Ilainault Forest in July. Tlic 

 larva (according to Lienig) feeds in .lunc, on sallows, turning 

 down a corner of a leaf. 



Genus VIII. GELECHIA. 



(H.IT, 



, -c\ - <^ 



Gelechia p., Zell. Tsis, 1830, p. 1!)7. Beeurvaria p., Haw. Anacamp- 

 sis p., Curt. Jlcemylis \^., Lita p., ct (Ecophora p., Treit. Anacamp- 

 sis p., ylconipsia, et Ilnrpcujns, Step. Anncmnpsis, Acompsia, et Lita, 

 Du]!. Mesopldeps p., Acompsia p., NotJtris p., ScijtJiropia p., Gele- 

 chia, Brachmia p., ct Chionodes p., lliib, 



Capilli depress!. Ocelli nuUi. vVutenna^ articulis confertis. Ilaustel- 

 lum mediocre, squamatum. Palpi maxillares brevissimi. Palpi la- 

 biates mcdiocrcs vel longi, reflexi, articulo sccundo infra vi.v scopi- 

 formi (interdura Iscvi), tertio tenui, Irevi, acuto. Ala:* anteriores ob- 

 longju vel elongata^, mcdiocriter ciliatre ; posieriores trapczoidales, 

 ante apicem leviter vel multo emarijinutfe . Akc anteriores : vena api- 

 calis furcata ante apicem exit, infra cam vena; quiiupie (rarius vena 

 apicalis tritida ante et infra apicem exit, infra cam venx quatuor) ; 

 posteriores : vena apicalis furcata supra et infra apicem exit, infra 



