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BOLETIN DEL MUSEO NACIONAL 
DESCRIPTIONS OF CHILI MICROLEPIDOPTERA (*) 
BY 
W. J. A. KLUNDER van GYEN 
Gelechiadae 
I. Gelechia galbanella, Zell. 
This insect was not yet recorded from Chili. 
One specimen. N.° i. Santiago 
II. Trichotaphe tango lias, n. sp. 
d", 18 mm. Head and thorax grey-brown, shoulders concolorous. Palpi 
yellowish-brown, hairs of second joint yellowish-white. Abdomen yellowish- 
brown. Forewings elongate, narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 
slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique; ye- 
llowish-brown, costal edge palé yellowish-brown towards base, darker near 
middle and apex; stigmata dark fuscous; plical obliquely beyond first dis- 
cal; second discal larger, indistinctly edged with reddish-brown; some indis- 
tinct dark fuscous spots along termen and dorsum and on costa, interrupted 
with light yellow near apex; a median indistinct stripereaching plical and 
discal stigmata; basal third edged by a dark fuscous blotch, connecting with 
median stripe. 
Cilia whitish-yellow, towards termen suffused with dark fuscous spots. 
Hindwings grey, darker towards termen; cilia yellowish. 
2 specimens. N.° 2. Bucalemu. 
(*) El material a que se refiere este trabajo fue colectado por el señor C. Silva Fi- 
gueroa . — Nota de la Redacción. 
