Proceedings of 
the United States 
National Museum 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION + WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Volume 125 1968 Number 3654 
Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XVI’ 
A New Genus and Two New Species of Oecophoridae 
(Lepidoptera) 
By J. F. Gates Clarke 
Senior Entomologist, Department of Entomology 
The first species described herein was received from Dr. F. Luis 
Gallego M., Chief, Departmento de Entomologia, Facultad de Agro- 
nomia e Instituto Forestal, Universidad Nacional, Medellin, Colombia, 
who states that the larvae of the species damage apple by boring in 
the twigs. A search of the literature and museum collections failed to 
reveal any described form that approaches this species. The generic 
affinities are with the Australian Sphyrelata Meyrick. 
The second species described herein is noteworthy because it is the 
only species of the family Oecophoridae—a family exhibiting an enor- 
mous development of species in the Neotropical region—recorded 
from the island of Dominica, British West Indies. The specimens 
were collected by my colleagues, my wife, and me during the Archbold- 
Bredin-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. 
The photographs for this paper were made by Mr. Victor Krantz, 
staff photographer. The drawings of the genitalia of Gonzonota insulana 
and those of the head, palpus, wing venation, and leg of Maesara 
1 See list at end of paper. 
