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A well marked species nearest in coloration to Gelechia kin- 
kaidella Busck, but easily distinguished by the pattern, which 
comes nearer to that of the much smaller Gelechia paraplutella 
Busck. 
Gelechia scabrella new species 
Labial palpi with short indistinctly divided brush on the 
underside, blackish brown exteriorly, gray on the inner side; 
terminal joint shorter than second somewhat thickened with 
seales, blackish brown with an indistinct pale annulation at 
base. Antenne finely pubescent, dark purplish brown each 
joint terminating in a circlet of paler somewhat raised scales. 
Face, head and thorax dark purplish brown finely irrorated 
with white, the extreme tip of each scale being white; posterior 
tip of thorax deep velvety, unmixed brown with a strong purple 
sheen. Forewings of the same irrorated brown color as the 
thorax except for a large triangular dorsal patch near the base, 
which has the same color as the posterior tip of thorax; this 
reaches with one corner to the costal edge and is sharply edged 
posteriorly by a thin oblique white line; on the middle of the 
wing is a similarly unicolored, but more diffused larger patch, 
edged posteriorly by a thin, transverse, slightly concave, white 
line across the wing at apical third; both of these dark brown 
areas contain small tufts of raised scales in two longitudinal 
rows; the groundecolor with lighter brown white-tipped scales 
thus cover the extreme base, an oblique fascia beyond the first 
white line the dorsal and costal edges and the entire tip of the 
wing beyond the thin white fascia; cilia coneolorous. Hind- 
wings broader than the forewings, light shiny fuscous. Abdo- 
men light fuscous. Legs blackish fuscous with indistinct nar- 
row annulations at the joints. 
Alar expanse: 17-20 mm. 
Habitat—San Diego, California, June, July. W. 8. Wright, 
coll. 
U.S. N. M. Type No. 15,610. 
This is the western representative of our eastern G. walsing- 
