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GELECHIA, Zeller.* 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., March, 1863, p. 10. f 



Gelechia? ornatifimbriella^ n. s. Fore- wings dark brownish, 

 varied slightly with ochreous. Cilia shining, pale ochreous, 

 dotted with dark-brown scales. Hind-wings brownish-ochre- 

 ous? 



Head dark brown, with ochreous reflections. Antennas 

 dark brownish. Labial palpi dark brown. 



An inconspicuous-looking insect, most probably an aber- 

 rant form of the genus, partaking of its characters and those 

 of the group Depressaria. In size and general characters it 

 resembles most strongly the Gelechia; its neuration is that 

 of this generic group. In the hind-wings the subcostal vein 

 is bifid, with an intercostal cell at the base of the wing, 

 between the costal and subcostal veins. The median vein is 

 3-branched, the disk closed with a central nervule. The 

 form of the wing is trapezoidal, tip slightly produced, and 

 the hinder margin beneath the tip slightly excised. In the 

 fore-wings the venation is as usual in the Gelechice. 



It differs from the Gelechice, however, in the structure of 

 the labial palpi, the second joint of which is almost brush- 

 like beneath and the abdomen is somewhat flattened above. 



I have two specimens from Illinois, neither of which are 

 in very good condition, received from Mr. B. D. Walsh. 

 They were captured by him in the winter, under the loose 

 bark of trees. 



Gelechia gall&genitella, n. s. Fore-wings white, but so 

 freely dusted with black as almost to obscure the ground 

 colour, especially between the bands. There are three oblique, 

 black bands not distinctly marked, the first within the basal 

 third of the wing, the second near the middle, the third, 

 which is less distinct than the others, placed about the apical 



* See ante, pp. 112, 217 and 222. H. T. S. 

 f See ante, p. 217. H. T. S. 



