68 Mr. J. W. Douglas on Gelechia. 



Sp. 80. Senectella. 



G. senectella, Z. 



Expansion of wings 6 lines. 



Head fuscous or greyish fuscous ; palpi griseous, the tip darker; 

 antennae fuscous. Anterior wings acute, fuscous, with lighter 

 cilia, and three very obscure black central dots. Posterior wings 

 shining, dark griseous. Considerably like the dark varieties of 

 G. terrella, but smaller ; anterior wings more acute, and the pos- 

 terior more produced at the apex, as observed by Herr Zeller 

 (Isis, 1839). 



Some of my specimens differ from this description, inasmuch 

 as all the wings and the terminal joint of the palpi are nearly 

 black, but I do not see in them sufficient difference to constitute 

 a distinct species. 



Found on the downs at Stoat's Nest in thatch, and flying, also 

 at West Wickham Wood, in July and August. 



