MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS — CLARKE 



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with a strong distolateral hook. The male genitaUa are figured from 

 the type. 



Am-ivillius described juscus from a unique male; it is the only- 

 specimen Ivnown. 



Figure 7. — Fernandocramhus fuscus Aurivillius: 7, ventral view of male genitalia with left 

 harpe and aedeagus removed; 7a, aedeagus. 



Fernandocramhus oxyechus, new species 



Figures 8-9 



Alar expanse 14-18 mm. 



Labial palpus grayish fuscous outwardly, grayish buff inwardly. 

 Antenna grayish fuscous with brassy hue basally. Head fuscous, 

 paler posteriorly. Thorax and ground color of forewing fuscous, the 

 latter with a brassy hue; extreme edge of costa, from basal fourth to 

 near apex, pale buff; this color expanded in some specimens to form 

 an ill-defined spot at apical fifth ; in some strongly marked specimens 

 a faint, dark line extends outwardly from apical fifth of costa to 

 about vein 6, then inwardly straight to tornus; at end of ceU a dark 

 spot, absent or nearly so in some examples; cilia grayish fuscous. 

 Hindwing grayish fuscous; cilia concolorous. Legs buff strongly over- 

 laid with fuscous. Abdomen fuscous above, beneath grayish buff; 

 posterior tip buff. 



Male genitaha (sUde 10365) : Vinculum longer than tegumen and 

 uncus combined. Gnathos sharply curved. Costa of harpe short, 

 without marginal projection; cucuUus narrow and abruptly turned 

 caudad. 



Female geni tafia (sfide 10255) : Ventral fip of ostium greatly di- 

 lated, shovel shaped. Signa two sclerotized, scobinate plates. 



