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254 U.S. NATIONAL IVIUSEUM BULLETIN 257
748. It is from Tawi-Tawi, Tarawakan, north of Batu-Batu, 26.X.
1961 (Noona Dan Exped. 1961-62, KM).
The species belongs to the lineatonotella group.
Ethmia praeclara Meyrick, 1910
Figures 391, 393, 749
Elhmia praeclara Meyrick, IQIO, Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, p. 460 (cf,
Lombok; 9, Queensland?); 1914, in Aurivillius, Lepidopterorum Catalogus,
pars 19, p. 26.— Clarke, 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . .
Meyrick, vol. 1, p. 256; 1965, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 429, pi. 212, figs. 4-4a
(lectotype select.)
Distribution: Lombok Is.;
?Queensland,
Material examined: Luzon, Los Bafios, (Baker), Icf, genit. slide
5227, 1 9, genit. sUde. 5228. 1 d", 1 9. (USNM) Luzon, Benguet,
Klondyke, 800 ft., 17.XII.1911 and 16.III-24.X.1912, 2 cf, genit.
sHde 5550; 20 9, genit. shdes 4934, 4935, 4936, 5545, 5546, 5550, 5554,
5556, 5558, and one without abdomen (BM). Total 3 cf, 22 9
(the females apparently are much more attracted by light than the
males). Oriental Negros, Mt. Tahnas, 900-1200 m, 9.VII.1958
(H.E. Milliron), 1 cf, genit. slide 5247 (BMH). In all respects agreeing
with the original description and the male genitalia agreeing with those
of the lectotype in the British Museum which is selected and will be
pubhshed by Clarke.
Male genitalia: Uncus with moderate, pointed lobes. Transtilla
column very strong, top inverted-trapezoidal, scobinate, upper edge
dentate. Anellus lobes moderate, reaching just beyond middle of
column of transtilla. Valva with costa sclerotized, elongate and
narrow, gently dilated toward its subtubular base. Sacculus broadly
triangular, bristly, and prominent. Cucullus bifid, a short median
naked process with a triangular base, and a strongly clavate dorsal
bristled projection. AneUus proper and aedeagus normal.
Female genitalia: Sterigma inverted W-shaped, with flattened
top, along which is a transverse band of fine aciculae. Arms strongly
projecting downward, each with a gradually dilated reticulate fold.
Ventral edge dilated and sclerotized. Ostium spheroidal, with a
subapical sclerotized ringlike ridge and a suprabasal band of strong
dentations, Signum large, a smooth, concave plate.
Ethmia colonella Walsinghatn, 1907
Figures 390, 395, 750
Ethmia colonella Walsingham, 1907, in Sharp, Fauna Hawaiiensis, vol. 1, no. 5,
p. 507, pi. 15, fig. 6 (9cf , Hawaii).— Meyrick, 1910, Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc.
London, p. 462 (c?, Kei Is.) ; 1914, in Aurivillius, Lepidopterorum Catalogus,
pars 19, p. 26.— Clarke, 1965, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Mey-