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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 17
The occm-rence of this Papuan species in the Phihppine Islands,
although recorded by Meyrick (1910), is not yet proven. The
specimen represented on figure 492 is from Northwestern central
New Guinea, Snow Range, Ai-aucaria Camp, 800 m, 17. III. 1939
(L. J. Toxopeus, 3rd Archbold Expedition, LM), male, genit. slide
4946.
The male genitalia may be described as foUows: Tegiunen moderately
roimded. Uncus clavate, rather broad, rounded. Valva
large and broad, cucullus weak and plicate, with some dilatations
at base. Sacculus strong and slender, over 1, projecting in a slender
long point. Vinculmn strong. Transtilla bandlike, moderately
curved. Aedeagus long, gradually ciu"ved at base, top very obliquely
truncate above, A\'ith a small tooth below. AneUus long. Cornuti,
two slender blades.
Homona phanaea Meyrick, 1910
Figures 35-36, 493-494
Homona phanaea Meyrick, 1910, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 35,
p. 215; 1912, in Aurivillius, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, pars 10, p. 15;
1913, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum, fasc. 149, p. 19.—Diakonoff, 1953,
Verb. Ned. Akad. Wet., Nat., ser. 2, vol. 49, no. 3, p. 18.—Clarke, 1955,
Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick, vol 1, p. 245.
Distribution: Solomon Is.; New Guinea, St. Aignan Is.; Kei Is.;
Philippine Is. (?).
Although the occiu"rence in the Philippine Islands is recorded by
Meyi'ick, it is not yet proven.
Male genitalia are of the type of Homona co^earia (Nietner).
Uncus dilated towards top which is emarginate. Socius moderate,
its apical third free. Gnathos with a very strong hook. Sacculus
characteristic, sclerotized, with a strong subbasal tooth, also the
top of sacculus acutely cuspidate, the whole finely acicidate. Aedeagus
strongly ciu"ved and narrowed apicaUy, top with a short median
and a longer ventral tooth. Cornuti, about foiu* long spines.
Female genitalia: Caudal edge of genital segment with a sclerite
on each side, deeply corrugated, with a median longitudinal gully
and a parallel prominence above and beneath this, finely aciculate
throughout.
Ostium biu"sae proper with lateral prominences below,
joined to a moderate, pointed and sclerotized collicidum.
Material examined: "Rendova, Solomon Is., ASM, .05" (in Meyrick'shand),
"Homona yhanaea Meyr., E. Meyrick det., in Meyrick
Coll.," Id", genit. slide 5769, 19, genit. slide 5770. These are the
original syn types (BM).