OF WASHINGTON. 87 



would exclude it from that genus and eventually be a means to 

 the rediscovery of the species. 



Lately I have obtained good specimens of this species 

 through the kindness of Miss Annette F. Braun, whose excel- 

 lent work on Chambers's old collecting grounds has done much 

 to advance our knowledge of hitherto insufficiently known spe- 

 cies of that author. 



These specimens prove the species to belong to my genus 

 Untomia (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxx, p. jz'j, 1907) as I had 

 already suspected. The genus Untomia is correlated with 

 Strobisia Clemens. 



Gelechia branella, n. sp. 



Antennae light ochreous, annulated with black. Labial palpi light 

 ochreous, suffused on the outer side with fuscous; terminal joint strongly 

 suffused with fuscous, especially anteriorly. Face light ochreous. Head 

 and thorax darker ochreous. Fore wings dull dirty ochreous, with black 

 spots; extreme base of costa black; a few black scales opposite on the 

 dorsal edge; a small black dot near base; another slightly larger on the 

 middle of the wing; a third obliquely below on the fold, and a fourth 

 black dot at the end of the cell ; above this last is a small ill-defined 

 blackish costal spot and around the apical edge is a series of small 

 ill-defined black dots. Cilia ochreous. Hind wings shining whitish 

 fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous, with exterior side shaded 

 with fuscous, and with dusky tarsi. Venation typical. 



Alar expanse, 13 mm. 



Plummers Island, Maryland (Busck). 



Type. — No. 11322, U. S. National Museum. 



A pretty little species unlike any described American species 

 of the genus, but reminding one in color and pattern of Aris- 

 totelia quinqiiepunctella Busck. 



Gelechia pseudofondella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi ochreous white, very slightly mottled with black exteriorly 

 and with a small black dot just before apex of terminal joint. Face 

 and head iridescent white. Thorax ochreous white. Fore wings 

 ochreous white, with dark blackish-brown markings ; extreme base of 

 costal and dorsal edge black; a small blackish-brown spot near base; 

 a large outwardly-oblique costal streak from basal third of costa 

 reaches to the fold; beyond the middle of the wing is an ill-defined 

 dark-brown transverse fascia, reaching the dorsal edge. On the 

 middle of the wing between these two large markings is a small blackish- 

 brown spot. Apical fourth of the wing heavily overlaid with dark 

 brown. Hind wings light fuscous. Abdomen ochreous fuscous. Legs 

 light ochreous, mottled with black exteriorly. Venation typical. 



Alar expanse, 14 mm. 



