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The collections made by Dr. Kuschel are of more than usual interest 

 because they are the first of any size from the islands and are the 

 first to provide any tangible information about possible origins of 

 the fauna. 



The first Microlepidopteron to be described from the islands was 

 Pionea fumipennis (Warren), (1892); although the type specimens 

 are labeled properly, Warren mistakenly gave the locality as "Cali- 

 fornia." In 1896 Hampson described Cramhus fernandesellus but it 

 was not untU 1922, with the publication of Skottsberg's classic work, 

 that more collections were recorded. In this publication AurivUlius 

 described Femandocramhus brunneus, F. fuscus, F. hdckstromi, Juania 

 annulata, Eulia robinsoni, E. griseiceps, E. striolana and Crocidosema 

 (?) insulana and recorded the continental Scoparia ragonotii. In the 

 same work Meyrick described Depressaria relegata, Apothetoeca syna- 

 phrista and recognized Endrosis sarcitrella (recorded as Endrosis 

 lactella). Clarke described Nanodacna ancora in 1964. 



This brought the total number of species known from the islands 

 to 15. In this paper 41 species are described as new to science; 

 14, previously described, are recorded from the islands for the first 

 time; two species (two families) are recorded but the species are not 

 named; and one species is synonymized, thus bringing the total of 

 known species to 71. 



Species Previously Recorded 



Pionea fumipennis (Warren) Proeulia griseiceps (Aurivillius) 



Oeohia ragonotii (Butler) {= striolana) 



Juania annulata Aurivillius robinsoni (Aurivillius) 



Femandocramhus hdckstrdmi Auri- Parasuleima insulana (Aurivillius) 



villius Martyrhilda relegata (Meyrick) 



fuscus AurivilliuB Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus) 



brunneus Aurivillius Apothetoeca synaphrista Meyrick 



Cramhus fernandesellus Hampson Nanodacna ancora Clarke 



Species Newly Recorded 



Elasmopalpus angustellus Blan- Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller) 



chard Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens) 



Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schif- Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus) 



fermiiller) Tinea pellionella Linnaeus 

 Platyptilia epidelta Meyrick pallescentella Stainton 



Stenoptilia partiseca Meyrick hinder a tessellatella Blan chard 



Gnorimoschema operculella (Zeller) Oinophila v-flava (Haworth) 



absoluta (Meyrick) Plutella maculipennis (Curtis) 



