Bulletin - United States National Museum

MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 87
A small longitudinal mark on middle of base of wang; less than basal
third of costa Anth three transverse spots, anterior subbasal, posterior
extended so as to form a zigzag transverse fascia, its upper third
running obHquely to fold, median third along fold, lower third parallel
to first third, to 3/4 of dorsimi; second third with a blunt tooth below,
a spot on dorsum opposite this; lower third of fascia with two dentations
anteriorly, three posteriorly; irregular leaden-grey spots
before origin of fascia, below costa; tkree small dots on costa beyond
middle, becoming smaller posteriorly, interconnected by leaden-grey
patch just below costa, also connected with, a triangular larger spot
in disc below them; this triangular spot in tiu-n narrowly connected
\^^th the triangular anterior prominence of the top of a transverse
vertical blotch, almost reaching dorsimi before tornus, more or less
mixed Anth leaden grey posteriorly; three triangular spots on posterior
fifth of costa, ultimate of them apical, their angles interconnected
by a subcostal leaden-grey spot which is also connected A\dth a
triangular or suboval spot well before upper part of termen which
in turn may be connected \\dth the preceding transverse blotch; an
irregularly oval oblique spot, rising from 2/3 of termen, sometimes
connected Avith lower edge of preceding subcostal spots; spaces of
white color on costa parted by smaller black series of dots, flanked
'ttdth black points or lines. Cilia white, lower third mth a diversely
sized and spaced series of black bars along middle portion of termen,
each bar continued over posterior 2/3 of ciha by a narrower grey
bar; a black bar above apex.
Hindwing pale grey, towards apex becoming darker glossy fuscous
grey. Cilia concolorous.
Female genitalia: Lobus analis elongate, attenuated at extremities.
Sterigma little modified, lamella antevaginalis, a semioval weak
sclerite with a small pointed process on each side below; lamella
postvaginalis, a pair of erect little sclerotized plates, flanking the
ostiiun. Ostiiun biu-sae rather long, calice-shaped, finely acicidate
and well defined. Cestum, a weak tube in the middle of ductus
bursae. Corpus biu-sae spheroidal, signa, two small rounded
scobiations.
Material examined: Luzon, Mountain Province, at base of Mt.
Data, 5500 ft., 22.IV.1946 (CNHM Philippine Zool. Exped. 1946-47,
H. Hoogstraal), 1 9, holotype, genit. shde 5726 (CNHM). Benquet
Prov., Bahio (Baker), 1 9, paratype, without abdomen (USNM).
Without the knowledge of the male genitalia it is not possible to
ascertain the true position of the species.
Tentatively it is attributed
to the present genus which has been confined so far to the Northern
Hemisphere.