174 Mr. J. W. Douglas on the 



lar'ia, Cleodora, Acompsm, Enicostoma , Telea, Glyphipteryx, Pancn- 

 lia, Harpagus, &c. of British authors. It is a large genus, bringing 

 together many alHed species, which in our catalogues are mixed 

 with others not nearly related, and placed in several genera ; it is 

 on this account, and because the clearing up of t!ie synonymy of 

 species, rather than the examination of genera, is the object now 

 before me, that I have adopted it. I admit that it is capable of 

 subdivision ; but, when our species are clearly made out, it will 

 be time enough to consider genera more particularly. 



I propose to take the species without reference to the sections 

 into which Zeller has divided the genus, because, while I can at 

 once proceed with some about which no doubts exist, I cannot be 

 so sure about others without comparison with foreign specimens, 

 and it may be some considerable time ere an opportunity of 

 making that arrives. At the end, I will give a synopsis of the 

 species, arranged according to their affinities. 



Gelechia, Zeller. 



" Head smooth ; palpi at least as long as the thorax, recurved, 

 compressed, with a long thin and pointed terminal joint ; tongue 

 moderately long. Attitude of the wings as in Depressaria ; ante- 

 rior longish, jwstenor trapezoidal, with long or moderately long 

 cilia." 



A The last joint of the palpi fine, thin and pointed. 



a The posterior wings broader than the anterior wings, or 

 at least as broad. 

 a The last joint of the palpi longer than the penultimate. 



— Not/iris, liiib. 

 P The last joint of the palpi shorter than the penultimate. 

 — Gelechia, Hiib. 

 b The posterior wings narrower than the anterior. — Brach- 

 mia, Hiib. 

 B The last joint of the palpi with a beard on the back, as it 

 were compressed and widened. 

 a The posterior wings broader than the anterior. — Che- 



laria, Haw. 

 /3 The posterior wings narrower than the anterior. — Metz- 

 7ieria, Zckn. 



