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hami Dietz, to which it comes quite close, though much larger 
and deeper in color. 
The species has a striking superficial resemblance to the 
larger typical species of the genus Gnorimoschema. 
Gelechia bigella new species 
Labial palpi with stubby, indistinctly furrowed brush on sec- 
ond joint, nearly even throughout its length light fuscous mot- 
tled with dark brown. Face light fuseous. Head and thorax 
dark fuscous. Forewings dark velvety fuscous with two vel- 
vety black round dots, one on the middle of the fold and one 
obliquely above it on the cell, both slightly edged with rust- 
brown scales; at the end of the cell is a small rust-brown spot 
containing a few single black scales, a small blackish costal spot 
at apical third and an illdefined marginal row of black around 
the apical and terminal edges; cilia fuscous sprinkled with 
single black scales. Hindwing dark fuscous; anal cilia yellowish 
fuscous; the males have on the underside of the hindwing a row 
of long raised scales on vein 8. Abdomen dark fuscous, with 
the upper side of the basal joints tinged with golden yellow. 
Legs blackish fuscous with narrow yellowish tarsal annulations. 
Alar expanse: 20-21 mm. 
Habitat—San Diego, California, February. W. S. Wright, 
coll. 
U.S. N. M. Type No. 15,611. 
Nearest to our Eastern Gelechia binimaculella Chambers. 
Ethmia mediella new species 
Labial palpi long, recurved, reaching beyond vertex; white 
sprinkled with black scales; outer side of second joint nearly all 
black. Antenne leadcolored with narrow white annulations; 
first joint white on the underside. Face white. Head white 
with a central black spot. Thorax white with four black dots, 
two on each side. Patagina white with two black basal dots. 
Forewings white suffused with soft gray which is darker just 
above the fold below which there is a rather sharply edged pure 
white longitudinal area; basal part of costal edge dark lead 
