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whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 tolerably pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; ochreous- 

 whitish or yellow-whitish ; markings fuscous, towards costa irrorated 

 with blackish ; an oblique wedge-shaped spot from base of costa to 

 fold ; a V-shaped marking from costa before middle, its apex reach- 

 ing fold, marked with black plical and first discal stigmata, latter 

 obliquely posterior; an irregular fascia from f of costa to dorsum 

 before tornus, second discal stigma forming a black mark on its 

 anterior margin; some more or less indicated blackish irroration 

 towards apex : cilia ochreous-whitish, slightly sprmkled with black. 

 Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Peru, Chosica. 2800 feet, in July {Parish) ; three speci- 

 mens. 



Gelechia litigiosa, n. sp. 



(J $. 1 1-13 mm. Head and thorax pale pinkish -fuscous or whitish- 

 fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi fuscous-whitish irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, on terminal joint sometimes forming two dark 

 bands. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 

 dark fuscous, variably irrorated (sometimes very slightly) with 

 whitish*-fuscous or whitish-ochreous ; stigmata cloudy, blackish, 

 plical slightly before first discal; a small cloudy pale ochreous or 

 whitish-ochreous spot on costa at J : cilia grey, somewhat mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June {Parish) ; thirteen 

 specimens. 



Gelechia dryobathra, n. sp. 



cJ. 13-14 mm. Head fuscous, face paler. Palpi pale greyish- 

 ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, terminal joint somewhat 

 shorter than second. Thorax brown or fuscous. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in 

 middle, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, 

 in one specimen streaked with brownish in disc jiosteriorly ; a 

 brown basal patch occupying about J of wing, edge irregularly 

 curved or bent; stigmata blackish, approximated, plical somewhat 

 obliquely before first discal ; a small pale brownish spot on costa at 

 J : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, with two lines of blackish irroration, 

 at base fuscous, on costa wholly fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia 

 light greyish-ochreous. 



Colombia, La Crumbre, G600 feet, in May {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



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