MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS — CLARKE 57 



stalked, approximate to 10, from upper angle of cell; 11 short, from 

 near angle of cell. Hindwing without pecten on median vein; with 

 7 veins; 2 remote; 3 well before angle; 4 and 5 approximate; 7 and 8 

 united; 6 approximate and joined to 7 and 8 by short crossvein. 

 Both fore- and hindwings with termen emarginate below apex. 

 Inner and outer tibial spurs of about equal length. 



Male genitalia with simple harpe. Gnathos and uncus present. 

 Anellus well developed. Vesica armed. 



Female genitalia with signum present, anterior. 



In Hampson's key (1898) this genus runs to Sufetula Walker and, 

 in fact, resembles it superficially. In Sufetula, however, veins 7 and 8 

 of forewing both go to termen whUe in Oiorgia both go to costa. 

 In the hindwing of Giorgia veins 7 and 8 are coincident but in Sufetula 

 they are stalked. 



In placing this rather singular genus in the Pyraustinae, I do so 

 with some misgiving. The gnathos suggests placement elsewhere 

 but, perhaps, the genus goes as well here as elsewhere. At best the 

 genus is aberrant. 



Giorgia crena, new species 



Figures 49-52 



Alar expanse 9-13 mm. 



Labial palpus cartridge buff except second segment fuscous on 

 outer surface and third segment wholly fuscous. Antenna grayish, 

 cilia silvery, a spot of black scales at end of each segment. Head 

 pale gray; face cartridge buff. Thorax and ground color of forewing 

 cream buff, the ground color largely obscured by dark markings; 

 thorax finely and closely irrorate with fuscous ; basal sixth of forewing 

 fuscous, the ground color showing through faintly; basal patch 

 followed by a band of ground color irrorate with fuscous ; beyond this 

 a broad, outwardly oblique, fuscous blotch extending to middle of 

 wing and joined to a narrower, inwardly oblique sayal brown spot, 

 the latter joined to a narrow, irrorate fuscous area extending to 

 dorsum ; beyond the above band of dark color a broad band of ground 

 color crossed by two irregular, slender, fuscous transverse lines, each 

 broadened on costa and dorsum ; from apical third of costa, to tornus, 

 a broad, dark band consisting of a fuscous blotch on costa and a 

 similar one above tornus ; between the two fuscous blotches, and joined 

 to them, a sayal brown spot containing two longitudinal fuscous 

 streaks; on tornus a narrow fuscous streak with a sayal brown spot 

 between it and the fuscous blotch above tornus; between this bi- 

 colored, dark, transverse fascia and termen, cream buff, shading to 

 grayish fuscous on termen; cilia cream buff with grayish-fuscous 

 spots at apex, mid termen and tornus; underside drab, with a broad, 



