A NEW GENUS ALLIED TO INCURVARIA 

 (MICROLEPIDOPTERA) . 



Annette F. Braun. 



The genus described below includes several species hitherto 

 placed under Incurvaria, to which it is allied, but from which it 

 differs in several particulars. 



Cyanauges new genus. 



Head and face rough-haired. Antenna %, thickened throughout 

 in both sexes with closely appressed scales; microscopically pubescent. 

 Tongue short; labial palpi nioderateh" long, porrected, second segment 

 with spreading bristles below and at apex, terminal segment pointed, 

 with a few bristles; maxillary palpi minute. Posterior tibi« hairy. 

 Ovipositor of female long, heavily chitinized. Wing membrane with 

 fixed hairs or "aculei" throughout; the normal broad scales overlaid 

 more or less densely with elongate metallic scales. 



Fore Wing: All veins present, R4 and R5 short stalked, R5 to costa; 

 accessory cell defined, base of media obsolescent, forked at extreme end 

 of cell, posterior arculus distinguishable, but obsolescent; Cu and 1st A 

 coalescent at extreme base; Cui and Cu2 widely separate in male, connate 

 in female; 2d A forked at base. 



Hind Wing: Male with single-spined frenulum, female with 

 rudimentary frenulum and series of costal spines beyond; Sc+Ri forked 

 at base, Rg obsolescent toward base; Mi and M2 separate, approximate, 

 or short stalked; base of media and posterior arculus distinct; 2d A 

 forked at base. 



Genotype: Cyanauges cyanella Busck (Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Wasl" "VVII, 92, 1915). 



In this genus should also be placed dietziella Kearfott 

 (Jn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XVI, 187, 1908), which agrees with 

 C. cyanella in all respects, except that Mi and M2 of hind wing 

 are short stalked. lyicurvaria itoniella Busck, which I have not 

 examined, probably also belongs here. 



The wings of Cyanauges cyanella are figured in a forthcoming 

 paper, where the presence of certain persistent primitive 

 characters, such as the posterior arculus and the basal coales- 

 cence of Cu and 1st A, is noted and their significance discussed. 



Date of Publication, December 15, 1919. 



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