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Show 72 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. J J, 13. XENOLECHIA, Meyr. 38. XENOLECHIA GLANDIFERELLA, Z. = SELLA, Chamb.3 Gelechia (Anacamp>sls) glandiferella, Z. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXIII. 275-6, PL IV. 25 (1873) l. Gelechia sella, Chamb. Can. Ent VI 238 (1874)2. Gelechia glandiferella, Chamb. Can. Ent. IX.'l43, 24 (187 7 ) 4 : Bull. U.S. G.G. Surv. IV. 144 (1878)5; Riley, Smith's List Lep. Bor. Am. 101. No. 5382 (1891)6. Hab. UNITED STATES1"6, VII.1-2, VIII.1, IX.2 West Indies- G R E N A D A (Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft,, leeward side. 25-30 VIII.- (H. H. Smith). Professor Riley (I. c. No. 6) sunk Gelechia palllclochrella, as a synonym of this species, but under his number 5439 he retained it as a distinct species. Although it is obvious th&tpalli-dochrella is closely allied to glandiferella, I am not quite convinced that it is synonymous with it. 14. GELECHIA, Hb. 39. GELECHIA ELAMMULELLA, sp. n, Antennce pale brownish. Palpi long, recurved, overarching the head, the second and third joints of almost equal length and stoutness ; whitish, banded with chestnut-brown above (three bands on the second and two on the apical joint). Head hoary-greyish. Thorax whitish ochreous ; tegulae shaded with brown. Eore wings brownish ochreous along the costal, tawny-brown along the dorsal half, without any dividing line, the two colours blending beyond the middle ; from the costa at the base a dark chocolate-brown shade curves downwards and outwards, ending in a conspicuous dash along the lower edge of the cell before the middle, its upper edge narrowly margined with whitish throughout, a minute dot of the same dark colour at the lower angle of the cell; the whole wing suffused with a rich vinous gloss; cilia brownish ochreous. Exp. al. 13*5 mm. Hind wings broader than the fore wings ; grey ; cilia inclining to brownish ochreous. Abdomen shining, yellowish grey ; with a fuscous spot on the sides of each segment beneath. Legs with the hind tibiae hairy above; shining, whitish with a slight ochreous tinge, two or three spots on the outer sides of the tibiae ; •the two anterior pairs of legs are whitish, with numerous brownish fuscous bands. Tgpe, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hah. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 6-11 III. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Two specimens. 40. GELECHIA PERSPICUA, sp. n. Antennce with the basal joint very long and slender ; dark brown, faintly annulated with whitish ochreous. Palpi very long, recurved', slender, the apical joint as long as the second; dark brown, mottled |