MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS — CLARKE 83 



In general appearance hemilitha is similar to altisona Meyrick, but 

 the head, thorax, and gi-ound color of forewing are lighter. In 

 altisona the harpe does not exceed the uncus, as in hemilitha, and the 

 aedeagus is short, stout, and greatly dilated in basal half. The female 

 of altisona is not known, so no comparison of the genitalia can be made. 



Gnorimoscliema melanolepis, new species 



Figures 83-84 



Alar expanse 11-13 mm. 



Labial palpus cinereous, irrorate with dark gray; second segment 

 grayish fuscous at base; third segment with broad, black basal and 

 supramedial annuli. Antenna cinereous with blackish-fuscous an- 

 nulations; basal segment blackish fuscous. Head cinereous, the scales 

 narrowly whitish tipped. Thorax fuscous with a few paler scales 

 mixed; tegula cinereous with a few scattered fuscous scales. Fore- 

 wing cinereous, irrorate and suflFused with grayish fuscous; at base of 



Figures 83-84. — Gnorimoschema melanolepis, new species: 83, lateral aspect of male geni- 

 talia with aedeagus removed; 83a, lateral aspect of aedeagus; 83b, ventral view of apical 

 portion of dorsal arm of harpe; 84, ventral view of female genitalia. 



