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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
fuscous. Forewings elongate, apex pointed, termen very obliquely 
rounded ; pale ochreous sprinkled dark fuscous ; dark fuscous suf¬ 
fusion occupyimg base, dorsal area, apical third, a narrow costal 
streak forming a spot beyond middle, and a very oblique fascia from 
costa at ^ to dorsum before tornus, apical area including a pale 
ochreous transverse line acutely angulated in disc and indented 
below this ; stigmata dark fuscous, plical beneath first discal, these 
forming small round spots on edges of oblique fascia, second discal 
forming a larger oval spot]: cilia grey, base pale ochreous round apex, 
a subbasal series of small dark fuscous spots separated by pale 
ochreous round apex. Hindwings 1, termen slightly sinuate; 
dark grey, paler and thinly scaled towards base ; cilia grey. 
Brazil, Teffe, January; British Guiana, Bartica, Hallali, 
February, March ( Parish ); 4 ex. Allied to the North American 
nigromaculella Busck. 
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Gelechia fuliginea, n. sp. 
cJ $ . 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax greyish irrorated dark 
fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish, 3 basal segments pale ochreous- 
yellowish. Forewings grey closely irrorated dark fuscous ; stigmata 
hardly perceptible, but plical sometimes preceded and followed by 
minute white specks: cilia greyish sprinkled dark fuscous; d 
without special structures. Hindwings termen faintly sinuate; 
grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Texas, Alpine, 5000-H000 feet, April, May; 14 ex. I had 
thought that this might he frugalis Braun, but Miss Braun informs 
me that the d of that species has a scale-ridge beneath forewings, 
overlooked in description. 
Gelechia helicosticta, n. sp. 
d. 19-22 mm. Head fuscous, variably irrorated dark fuscous, 
face paler. Palpi fuscous irrorated dark fuscous, terminal joint 
blackish, tip whitish. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen varying 
from pale ochreous to fuscous, segmental margins sometimes 
whitish. Forewings without special structures; rather dark 
fuscous; a short black subcostal dash near base, preceded and 
followed by whitish-brown scales or mark, sometimes a black dot 
beyond this ; a shorter black pale-tipped dash on fold somewhat 
beyond this; discal stigmata darker, laterally edged by ochreous- 
white scales, or sometimes reduced to pale ochreous dots, plical 
rather darker or sometimes blackish, preceded and followed by 
white scales, obliquely before first discal; a faint spot of pale 
ochreous suffusion on costa at |; a marginal series of small indistinct 
blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen, sometimes 
accompanied by minute ochreous-white dots : cilia grey, slightly 
sprinkled darker and whitish. Hindwings somewhat over 1, ter¬ 
men faintly sinuate ; light bluish-grey ; cilia pale ochreous-grey. 
Texas, Fort Davis, 5000 feet, November; New Mexico, Mesca- 
lero, 7000 feet, October ; 7 ex. 
