GELECHIADJE. 
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round costa and termen. Hindwings over 1, termen slightly 
sinuate ; grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
California, Venice, September; 1 ex. Probably allied to 
trichostola. 
Gelechia desiliens, n. sp. 
<$ $ 19-22 mm. Head, thorax light brownish-grey, shoulders 
suffused dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint some¬ 
times sprinkled whitish towards tip. Porewings apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely rounded; light brownish with faint rosy 
tinge, irregularly mixed fuscous or dark grey, a few whitish scales ; 
ccsta more or less suffused dark fuscous towards base; stigmata 
rather large, cloudy, dark fuscous or blackish, sometimes with 
adjacent lateral whitish scales, plical slightly before first discal, 
sometimes elongate; a whitish rather outwards-oblique line from 
| of costa to tornus, sinuate outwards in middle ; sometimes three 
or four small whitish marginal dots round apex: cilia pale rosy- 
grey-ochreous sprinkled blackish, tips whitish, round apex several 
more or less expressed small cloudy blackish spots at base. Hind- 
wings over 1, termen slightly sinuate ; whitish-grey, more whitish 
and thinly scaled anteriorly, veins and termen suffused rather dark 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
California, Venice, July, August; 14 ex. 
Gelechia bispiculata, n. sp. 
2 . 19 mm. Head grey, face grey-whitish. Palpi white 
sprinkled dark fuscous, rough scales of second joint grey, longer 
towards base. Thorax grey, three blackish-grey lines. Porewings 
apex obtuse-pointed, termen rather strongly oblique ; pale grey 
irregularly mixed brownish with scattered dark grey specks, a 
broad fuscous suffusion occupying median longitudinal third from 
base and whole apical area, which is preceded by an undefined 
transverse shade of light groundcolour ; a black streak along fold 
from near base to beyond i, and one in disc from above apex of 
this to end of cell: cilia whitish, base suffused brownish with 
short blackish bars round costa and apex, an irregular median line 
of blackish points, beyond this suffused light fuscous except tips. 
Hindwings over 1, termen slightly sinuate; grey, lighter in disc 
anteriorly ; cilia light brownish-grey. 
Arizona, Congress; 1 ex. In markings recalls variabilis , but 
forewings broader, termen less oblique. 
Phthorimaea ochrodeta, n. sp. 
3 . 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, two or three grey specks 
on crown. Palpi white, second and terminal joints each with two 
rings of blackish irroration. Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders 
