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212 U.S. NATIONAL IVrUSEUM BULLETIN 25 7
Thorax bronze. Abdomen bronze black, venter with pale yellow
bands across posterior halves of sternites, anal tuft light ochreous.
Forewing with vein 9 out of the stalk of 7 + 8; lanceolate, costa
gently curved throughout, apex acutely pointed, termen slightly
convex, extremely obUque. Bronze fuscous, partially strewn with Hght
and darker j^ellow, slender, mixed A\dth scales, forming the follo\\'ing
markings. An oblong spot on middle of costa, a slender longitudinal
streak above cell from middle of wing to apex; a similar streak below
middle of wing, with an extension to dorsum before tornus; two large,
elongate patches in fold, beyond base and beyond middle, respectively.
Metallic markings pale leaden golden, arranged thus: a thick longitudinal
median streak from middle of wing to apex, pointed on both
sides; a transverse triangular patch on dorsum beyond base, inwardsoblique,
separating two yellow patches on fold and reaching 2/3 across
wing; another, depressed triangular patch on end of cell; these metallic
markings may appear black in certain lights; a narrow metallic streak
along lower half of termen to tornus.
Cilia yellow mixed with black,
tips black.
Hindwing rather dark fuscous grey with a purplish-bronze gloss.
Cilia dark fuscous grey.
Male genitalia: Puzzlingly almost exactly similar to those in C.
omata, new species. The only difference is the larger size of the
upper valva and longer bristling at its base.
Material examined: Mindanao, Davao Prov., Meran, east slope
of Mt. Apo, original forest, 6500 ft., 8.XI.1946 (CNHM Philippine
Exped. 1946-47, H. Hoogstraal), 1 cf ,
genit. slide 5747.
The species is more robust and quite differently marked from C.
omata, so its validity seems to be beyond any doubt, in spite of unexpected
similarity of the genitalia.
Craterobathra demarcata, new species
Figures 325-326, 693
Female, 12 mm. Head smooth, covered with large, oval scales;
purplish blue, face white. Antenna serrulate, minutely ciliated,
blackish purple. Palpus slightly compressed laterally, very long;
purplish grey. Thorax purplish black, posterior edge of metathorax
shining white. Posterior leg dark purple, a narrow white ring around
median whorl of bristles; apical segment of tarsus white.
Forewing lanceolate, moderate, costa gently curved, apex acute.
Dark fuscous, markings shining white with bluish reflections. A
moderate transverse fascia at 2/3, direct, slightly outwards-convex in
left wing, wedge-shaped in right; a small elongate spot along median
part of termen.
Cilia dark fuscous, white around apex.