74 LOED WALSINGHAM ON [Jail. 19, 



ochreous, obliquely banded on the tibia? and broadly annulated on 

 the tarsi with brownish grey. 



Type, 6 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hub. West Indies — Grenada (Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft., 

 leeward side, 1-5 X. ; Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 5 IV.- 

 8 V. — H. H. Smith). Four specimens. 



43. Gelechia crocipunctella, Wlsm. 



Lita crocipunctella, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 520-1, 546 

 (1892) \ 



Hob. West Indies — St. Vincent \ 



44. Gelechia leucocephala, sp. n. 



Antenna? dark fuscous. Palpi white, the second joint with a 

 single dark spot at its base ; apical joint with two dark annulations, 

 the first at the base, the other just before the apex. Head and 

 face white. Thorax: pale ochreous ; tegulse brownish fuscous. 

 Fore wings pale ochreous, with dark brownish-fuscous mottlings or 

 ill-defined patches ; the first at the base reaching the costa, but not 

 the dorsum, is connected narrowly on the costa and along the fold 

 with a second, which is larger and extends nearly to the middle of 

 the wing but does not cross the fold, this is also narrowly con- 

 nected aloug the costa with a smaller costal patch at two-thirds 

 from the base, a few dark fuscous scales lying at the end of the 

 cell below it ; cilia pale ochreous, some dark fuscous scaling lying 

 at their base along the terrnen and apex. Exp. al. 10 mm. Hind 

 tvings pale shining grey ; cilia pale greyish ochreous. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Legs whitish ochreous. 



Type, (S Mus. Gudmann. 



Hob. West Indies — St. Thomas, 6 III. (Gudmann). Unique. 



45. Gelechia capitella, F. 



n. syn. = robustella, Wkr.; n. syn. = sivulella, Mschl. 



Alucita capitella, F. Ent. Syst. III. (2) 330. No. 2 (1794) T . 

 Phalcena (Alucita) capitella, Turton, Syst. Xat. III. 379 (1806) 2 . 

 Gelechia robustella, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. XXIX. 597 (1864) 3 . 

 Gelechia rivulella, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 344, 354 

 (1890) 4 . Gelechia robustella, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 519, 

 545 (1892) 5 . Gelechia rivulella, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 

 519,545 (1892) 6 . 



Hub. West Indies — Jamaica 3,3 ; Portorico 4 - 6 ; [St. Croix 

 (?=" America? Insulis, Dr. Pfug" 1 ), Wlsm.]; St. Thomas, 6 III. 

 -5 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). 



Bred by Baron von Hedemann, but the plant not identified. 

 " It was bred from a very small plant growing on very dry sandy 

 places, where also the moth was to be found in abundance " (Hdm.). 



Fabricius obtained this species from Dr. Pflug, who died in 

 St. Croix, which island is probably indicated by " in America? 

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