Bulletin - United States National Museum

MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 19
dark broAni reticulation A\ith an oblique rather straight edge from
1/6 of costa to middle of dorsum; towards dorsmn this patch suffused
mth brown; transverse fascia oblique, from before middle of costa
to 3/4 of dorsmn, upper half slightly narrowed towards upper edge
of cell, thence dilated, with posterior edge rounded and prominent;
this fascia sharpl}^ edged with dark brown and more or less filled
out with grey, anterior half of dilated portion also mixed with dark
brown; costal patch narrow, almost fasciate, anterior edge well defined,
continued as a regidarly curved line across wing and along lower
third of tornus; posterior edge of costal patch indefinite, not reaching
apex; a narrow dark brown line along apex and termen, a pair of
similar shorter transverse lines before apex. Cilia glossy pale
ochreous tawny.
Hindwing pale ochreous orange, becoming deeper colored towards
apex, pale towards dorsum, apex shghtly suffused and strigulated
with brown. Cilia whitish ochreous with a brighter ochreous base,
around apex cilia mixed with lilac.
Female genitalia similar to those of Homona wetan, but sterigma
more erected dorsoventrally (in mount! In H. wetan somewiiat
compressed in that direction). Collicidiun is an irregular sclerite,
as in wetan, but longer, ciu"ved to the left. The sternite possesses
an oval thickening on each side of sterigma, with a refracting edge and
a strongly granidate siu-face. Ductus biu-sae is very long, but
cestiun is moderate, extending along the lower third only, with a single
loop.
basal plate.
Signimi rather straight, without a capitulum, with a strong
Material examined: Luzon, Los Banos, holotype, cf, (Baker),
genit. slide 5041; allotype 9: the same locahty, 11.XII.1922, (D.
Valladolid), "Ace. Ec. No. 518, Coll. of Agr. Univ., P. I., gen. no.
5048," paratypes: Los Banos (Baker), genit. slides 5031, 5033, 5051,
5055-5057, 5060, 5066-5072, 5073-5075, 14 9; Los Banos, alt. 50 m,
7.n.l934-7.XILl934 (F. Flores), 1 d", genit. slide "A.B. Jidy 22,
1935"; 1 cT, genit. slide ''A.B. July 23, 1935"; 1 cf ,
genit. slide 5050;
Los Baiios, 20.1.1935 (F. Reyes), 1 9, genit. slide 5034; 19.XL1934
(J.V. Castillo), genit. slide "A.B July 19, 1935"; Manila, Biu-. of
Plant Industry, 8.XI.1935 (F.L. Butac, R.B. Gines), 4 9, genit. slide
Jan. 24, 1936 (bis) S.B. slide 5064-5065, 5076. Luzon, Mt. MakiUng
(Baker), 3 cf ,
genit. slides 5017, 5042, 5043; 3 9, genit. slides 5053,
5058, 5063. In total 21 cf , 24 9; 4 d', 4 9 from Los Banos, Manila
and Colombia, Luzon Is., and one from Cadiz, Occidental Negros Is.,
are without abdomen and are incorporated tentatively (USNM).
Luzon, Agoa, La Union, 14. IV. 1945, 1 9, genit. slide 5090; Mt. Apo,
70, 9.II.1945, 1 9, genit. shde 5091 (J.G. Franclemont) (CUI). North
Luzon, 5-6000 ft. (Whitehead), 1 9 (BM).