50 Mr. E. Me\nick's Description of 



Gelechia eburata, n. sp. 



c^?. 14-15 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, base of 

 second joint black, terminal joint as long as second, apical § black 

 except extreme tip. Thorax dark ashy-fuscous, with broad ochreous- 

 white dorsal stripe. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, tcrmen 

 rounded, rather strongly oblique ; dark ashy-fuscous ; stigmata black, 

 obscure, plical rather obliquely before first discal ; a small cloudy 

 white dot on costa at f ; sometimes one or two white scales on upper 

 part of termen : cilia dark grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Colombia, La Crumbre, OGOO feet, in May {Parish) ; five 

 specimens. 



Gelechia consona, n. sp. 



$. 13 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, base of second 

 joint blackish, terminal joint nearly as long as second, anterior 

 edge blackish on apical half. Thorax ochreous-white, patagia dark 

 purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 

 dark purplish-fuscous ; a thick white streak along dorsum from base 

 to f , irregularly terminated and uniting with a roundish white spot 

 in disc beyond middle of wing; a roundish white spot on costa at 

 J : cilia grey mixed with blackish. Hindwings grey ; cilia light 

 grey. 



Peru, Lima, in August {Parish); one specimen. Allied 

 to the North American unifasciella. 



Gelechia argosema, n. sp. 



(J$. 9-11 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, 

 basal third of second joint blackish, terminal joint as long as second, 

 apical f blackish except extreme tip. Thorax ochreous-white, 

 patagia dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded; dark purplish -fuscous; a sub- 

 iriangular transverse ochreous-white spot from dorsum before 

 tomus, reaching half across wing, and a smaller spot from costa at 

 f : cilia grey suffused with dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey. 



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

 specimens. 



