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174 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 25 7<br />

band around apex (from end of vein 8), along terinen and tornus to<br />

dorsum, exceeding end of fold. Cilia ochreous whitish, a supramedian<br />

band of dark fuscous irregular fine bars, apical third of cilia touched<br />

with greyish.<br />

Hindwing and cilia glossy whitish ochreous, extreme tip of wing<br />

touched with fuscous.<br />

Male genitalia: Tegumen rather narrow and high. Uncus moderately<br />

long, narrowed. Gnathos present, simple, bandlike, single.<br />

Vinculum narrow. Anellus lobes short and rounded. Valva rather<br />

narrow, with costa deeply sinuate. Cucullus strongly curved,<br />

almost pistol-shaped, with a long pointed top. Sacculus narrow, top<br />

with a long three times rectangularly bent spine: upwards, outwards<br />

and finally forewards. Aedeagus little curved, moderate, cylindrical.<br />

Cornuti, two long spines and a dense patch of denticulations.<br />

Material examined: Luzon, Benguet Subprov., Klondyke, 800 ft.,<br />

14.1V. 19 12 (A.E. Wileman), 1 &, holotype, genit. slide 5584 (BM).<br />

Tanyzancla catadea, new species<br />

Figures 276, 645<br />

Male, 22 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous. Palpus very long,<br />

recurved, median segment by far exceeding vertex; pale ochreous, basal<br />

half externally suffused with blackish fuscous towards upper edge:<br />

terminal segment slightly under 1. Antenna pale ochreous, finely<br />

ringed with fuscous. Abdomen tawny, anal tuft and venter whitish.<br />

Forewmg elongate-suboval, broadest beyond 3/4, costa moderately<br />

curved throughout, apex subacute, termen hardly sinuate below apex,<br />

convex below this, oblique. Pale ochreous. Costal edge from base<br />

to beyond middle narrowly dark fuscous; a moderate suffused streak<br />

from upper edge of cell at middle of wing to costa beyond middle,<br />

pale fuscous, upwards becoming darker fuscous and more defined;<br />

stigmata irregular, fuscous, first discal in middle of cell, largest, connected<br />

with lower end of streak; second discal rounded, on closingvein;<br />

plical stigma but little beyond first discal; finest fuscous scales<br />

scattered here and there over the wing.<br />

Cilia pale ochreous.<br />

Hindwing and cilia whitish, paler, more glossy, less ochreous and<br />

more yellowish tinged.<br />

Male genitalia: Tegumen rather broad, triangular, with distinct<br />

articulations in the middle of pedunculi. Uncus short, triangular.<br />

Gnathos with arms running at base horizontally, then angulate, forming<br />

a pending semicircle with a short point. Vinculum broad and<br />

strong. Valva strongly sclerotized, cucullus and sacculus forming<br />

strong acute prongs. Aedeagus rather long, strong, with a conical<br />

aneUus.<br />

Cornutus, a single strong spine.

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