Bulletin - United States National Museum

MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 175
Material examined: Luzon, Benguet Subprov., Bagnio, 5000 ft.
10.III.1912 (A.E. Wileman), 1 d", holotype, genit. slide 5578; 1 cf i
paratype, genit. slide 5597. Benguet Subprov., Pauai, Haights
Placed! 7000 ft., 25.VI.1912 (A.E. Wileman) (BM).
Tanysancla lanceolata, new species
Figures 262-263, 647
Female, 23 mm. Head, antenna and thorax pale ochreous. Palpus
pale ochreous, median segment with more than basal half suffused
with greyish fuscous, a subapical dark fuscous ring, terminal segment
slender, under 1; infuscated throughout, base and front dark fuscous.
Abdomen whitish.
Forewing ovate-lanceolate, costa moderately curved at extremities
less so in middle, apex pointed, termen little curved, strongly oblique.
Pale ochreous, deeper ochreous tinged towards edge of wing and
towards lower half of base. Basal patch small, except extreme base
of wing mixed with grey, outer edge forming three ill-defined spots:
on costa, above fold and halfway between fold and dorsum; stigmata
moderate, first discal rounded, about 3 times larger than plical which
is just beyond it, elongate; second discal small, subtriangular; an
irregular elongate patch of sparse fuscous dusting from above first
discal stigma towards 3/5 of costa, not reaching it; an irregular wedgeshaped
mark of fuscous suffusion from costa before apex, towards
cell, hardly reaching halfway towards this; an irregular submarginal
series of dots between veins, from below apex to end of fold; edge of
wing along end of costa, in apex and along upper small part of termen
with a brownish suffused line. Cilia whitish ochreous.
Hindwing glossy whitish, gradually becoming pale ochreous towards
apex, cilia ochreous whitish.
Female genitalia: Sixth sternite modified, posterior edge with
rounded lateral lobes and a triangular median excision; seventh
segment equally modified, edge with obtusely pointed lobes and
slightly sinuate in middle. Ostium bursae shaped as a regular,
slender ring; 8 + 9 segment moderately sclerotized. Signum stellate.
Material examined: Luzon, Benguet Subprov., Klondyke, 800 ft.,
16.III.1912 (A.E. Wileman), 1 9, holotype, genit. slide 5599 (BM).
The affinity of this species remains obscure.
Philobota Meyrick, 1883
Philobota loxograplia, new species
Figures 274, 648, 650
Male, 15.5 mm. Head pale ochreous yellow, crown slightly infuscated.
Antenna pale ochreous yellow, dark fuscous above; cilia-