GELECHIAD2E. 
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deep red colour; in February two moths were found to have 
emerged but to have been overlooked; these were not damaged, so 
would appear to have emerged recently ” (Mrs. M. L. Maxwell). 
Telphusa steganotricha, n. sp. 
c? $. 8-9 mm. Head, thorax dark grey speckled whitish. 
Palpi dark grey speckled whitish, terminal joint whitish with two 
black bands. Forewings dark grey sprinkled black and slightly 
speckled whitish; in c? a costal fold on basal third containing an 
elongate mass of pale ochreous woolly hairs; stigmata black, 
accompanied or margined by irregular variable brownish-ochreous 
spots or marks, plical beneath first discal, above second discal a 
small black costal spot: cilia grey sprinkled blackish on basal half. 
Hindwings grey with bluish gloss ; cilia pale greyish, base tinged 
ochreous. 
India (Orissa), Puri, Dhuanali, June ( Indian Forest Entom¬ 
ologist) ; Java, Telawa, September (Dr. L. 0. Kalslioven) ; in both 
localities bred from larvae feeding on Desmodium (Leguminosce ); 
7 ex. 
Gelechia stenacma, n. sp. 
cf $ . 10 mm. Head, thorax fuscous mixed dark fuscous, face 
whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint mixed whitish, rough 
scales longer towards base. Forewings elongate, narrowed from 
middle, apex pointed, termen extremely oblique ; fuscous, speckled 
minute black transverse strigulae; small obscure black costal spots 
towards base, at 5 , and f, and two representing discal stigmata : 
cilia greyish, on termen darker-speckled on basal half, above apex 
wholly speckled dark grey. Hindwings apex produced, pointed, 
termen obliquely sinuate, 3 and 4 stalked ; thinly scaled pale pris¬ 
matic bluish-grey, margins suffused darker grey ; cilia light grey. 
India (Central Provinces), Jubbulpore, Boria, bred July from 
larvae feeding on leaves of Anogeissus latifolia (Combretacece) 
(Indian Forest Entomologist). The peculiar form of wing is excep¬ 
tional (perhaps unique) in the genus; otherwise a true Gelechia. 
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Phthorimaea aganocarpa, n. sp. 
2 . II mm. Head, thorax dark grey sprinkled whitish. Palpi 
dark grey, terminal joint blackish. Abdomen dark grey. Fore¬ 
wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; dark grey sprinkled whitish ; a dark spot 
above fold towards base; an oblique black bar from costa at | to 
fold, a few brown scales round this ; stigmata irregular, black, 
approximated, first discal touching bar, plical midway between 
discal, second discal followed by a round ochreous-brown blotch, 
dark spots on costa above this and before middle; an obscurely 
indicated slender whitish angulated fascia at : cilia grey-whitish, 
basal half mixed dark fuscous. Hindwings grey with faint bluish 
tinge ; cilia light brownish-grey. 
Japan (Kyusyu), Hukuoka, May (Prof. T. EsaJci) ; 1 ex. 
