NOKTH AMERICAN LASPEYEESIINAE AND OLETHREUTINAE 17 

 3. SATRONIA, new genus 



(Fig. 23) 



Genotype. — Satronia tantilla, new species (North America). 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore wing smooth; termen slightly concave; 11 veins in male 

 (12 in female), all separate; 7 absent (or united with 8) in male; 

 11 from cell at middle; 10 approximate to 9; upper internal vein 

 of cell from between 10-11; 3, 4 and 5 slightly approximate at ter- 

 men; 2 from cell before %, straight; no costal fold in male. 



Hind wing without pecten on lower median vein; 8 veins; 6 and 

 7 subparallel; 3 and 4 connate; inner margin in male simple. 



Hind tibia of male smooth scaled. 



Male genitalia with outer surface of harpe unspined; cucullus 

 elongate, narrow, finely and evenly spined; neck incurvation slight; 

 neck slender; sacculus weakly haired. Tegumen a narrow chiti- 

 nized band. Uncus absent. Socii absent. Gnathos a simple weakly 

 chitinized band. Aedoeagus short, stout, straight; cornuti a dense 

 cluster of short deciduous spines. 



Abdomen of male with lateral hair tufts from sternite of eighth 

 segment. 



. A higher development from Ricula. The male genitalia are simi- 

 lar in both except for the socii. 



Monotypic and probably of tropical origin. 



SATRONIA TANTILLA, new species 



(Figs. 23, 285) 



Palpus, face and head sordid whitish. Thorax and fore wing 

 grayish fuscous; from costa before middle to mid dorsum a pair of 

 moderately broad outwardly curved leaden metallic bands with a 

 faint dusting of white between; on outer half of costa four short, 

 faint white geminate dashes; ocelloid patch a single, rather wide 

 vertical metallic bar outwardly margined by 5 or 6 short, faint, 

 black dashes upon a fuscous ground faintly dusted with white; ter- 

 minal edge black; cilia leaden fuscous. Hind wing pale smoky 

 fuscous ; cilia sordid whitish with dark basal band. 



Male genitalia of type figured. 



Alar expanse. — 9.5 mm. 



Type and paratype.—Q^^i. No. 28011, U.S.N.M. 



Type locality. — Archer, Fla. 



Described from male type ("No. 2630, May ^82"); and one 

 female paratype (without abdomen) from Virginia shore opposite 

 District of Columbia (May 25, 1882). The type had been in the 

 National Collection unidentified for several years. It is somewhat 



