GELECHIA I)iE. 
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Telpliusa longifasciella Clem. 
1 now perceive that lutraula Meyr., described as a Gelechia , is a 
synonym of this. 
Gelechia cretulata, n. sp. 
2 . 17 mm. Head, thorax whitish, slightly sprinkled light grey. 
Palpi grey, second joint little roughened, apex whitish, terminal 
joint shorter. Porewings apex pointed ; light grey irregularly 
irrorated white, some scattered dark grey or black scales ; a white 
line along fold to middle of wing, where the black scales sometimes 
form an,undefined group : cilia whitish, a few grey specks. Hind- 
wings apex rather produced, pointed ; whitish-grey ; cilia ochreous- 
whitish. 
Natal, Weenen, October (Thomasset) ; 2 ex. Type Brit. Mus. 
Gelechia promonitrix, n. sp. 
<3 . 17-18 mm. Head whitish, crown sometimes greyish-tinged, 
thinly dark-speckled. Palpi white, sometimes mixed grey anteriorly, 
base blackish. Thorax whitish, more or less tinged grey and darker- 
speckled on shoulders, in one specimen dorsally suffused ochreous 
with posterior extremity ferruginous-brown. Abdomen pale 
ochreous mixed grey, 3 basal segments pale ochreous-yellowish. 
Porewings whitish-grey or grey; slight blackish subcostal and sub¬ 
dorsal marks near base, in one specimen edged ferruginous; black 
discal blotches before middle of wing and on end of cell, slightly 
edged whitish or brownish, first transverse-oval, sometimes broken 
into two, second inverted-triangular; a small suffused white spot on 
costa at |, sometimes nearly obsolete, in one specimen a faint pale 
straight transverse line from it: cilia pale grey, sometimes speckled 
black, some blackish scales at base. Hindwings grey or light gre\ ; 
cilia light greyish. Hindwings beneath with a patch of somewhat 
roughened dowuwards directed pale ochreous or pale greyish hair- 
scales from posterior of upper margin of cell. 
Texas, Alpine, 5000-8000 feet, April, May; 3 ex., the deeper- 
coloured example from the higher level. This and the next species 
differ from all that follow in having in hindwings of <S a scale- 
fringe only from posterior half of upper edge of cell. 
Gelechia hemicrossa, n. sp. 
(5 . 20-21 mm. Head white, a few grey specks. Palpi white, 
base blackish. Thorax grey-whitish, a dark grey stripe on each 
side of back near margin, and fine dark grey central line. Abdomen 
ochreous-whitish, 3 basal segments pale ochreous-yellowish, anal 
tuft whitish. Porewings pale grey sprinkled dark gre}% partially 
tinged whitish between veins, veins marked with distinct lines of 
blackish irroratiou, lower | of cell forming an irregular-edged but 
well-defined area darker than rest of wing; an oblique mark of 
blackish irroratiou beneath costa at | : cilia grey-whitish, scattered 
blackish points. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 
