MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS — CLARKE 77 



Male genitalia (slide 10369): Aside from size, there is little to 

 distinguish the genitalia of hr achy stigma from those of holographxi. 

 Type: Masatierra: El Rabanal, 350 m. (Feb. 27, 1951). 

 Described from the unique type male. 



Family Oletlireutidae 



Parasuleima, new genus 



Type-species: Orocidosema {"i) insulana Aurivillius. 



Antenna finely and shortly pubescent. Labial palpus porrect, 

 about twice as long as head; third segment two-thirds the length of 

 second and obscured by long, projecting scales of second segment. 

 Head rough. Forewing smooth, narrow; termen concave between 

 veins 3 and 6; 12 veins; 2 from slightly beyond middle of cell; 3, 4, and 5 

 approximate at base; 7 and 8 separate; 11 from well before middle of 

 cell; upper internal vein from between 10 and 11. Hmdwing with 

 7 veins; 2 from well before angle; 3 and 4 united; 5 approximate at 

 base; 6 and 7 closely approximate for short distance beyond base. 



Female genitalia with signa. 



This genus is similar to the North American Suleima Heinrich but 

 differs from it by having 12 veins in the forewing, and a longer, more 

 slender palpus. The Indian genus Agriophanes Meyrick possesses 

 the same venation as Parasuleima but is a broadwinged type without 

 a markedly concave termen in the forewing. 



Two specimens of insulana have veiy short branches of veins 3 

 and 4 of the hindwing, but only on one side in each specimen. 



I have not seen a male but according to Aurivillius' description, 

 he could find neither costal fold nor hair pencil. 



Parasuleima insulana (Aurivillius), new combination 



Figures 75-77 



Crocidosema (?) insulana Aurivillius, 1922, in Skottsberg, The natural history of 

 Juan Fernandez and Easter Islands, vol. 3, pt. 2, p. 267, pi. 11, fig. 20. 



Type: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm. 



Type locality: "Masatierra." 



Distribution: Masatierra: Bahia Cumberland, 10 99 (Mar. 8, 

 1951; Jan. 1 to Feb. 4, 1955). 



Female genitalia figured from slide 10186. 



It appears this species is confined to the island of Masatierra, none 

 having been taken elsewhere on the several expeditions. 



