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indefinite, with two curved transverse lines, fii'st beyond base, verti- 

 cal, second well beyond fii'st, strongly ciu-v^ed posteriorly below middle 

 of disc; transverse fascia ill defined, indicated by faint brownish suffu- 

 sion and interrupted undulating narrow edges, running from about 

 middle of costa to middle of dorsimi; costal patch represented by a 

 fuscous-greyish streak from beyond middle of costa to before apex, 

 from its posterior extremity an oblique sinuate line rimning across 

 wing to end of vein 4; a ferruginous marginal line in apex and along 

 upper half of termen; a short strigula before apex. Cilia concolorous, 

 slightly touched \nth grey. 



Hindwmg ochreous yellomsh, extreme apex pm-plish. Cilia glossy 

 pale ochreous tawny touched with grey. 



Female genitalia resemble those of Homona nuhiferana (Walker). 

 Sterigma large, strongly convex, formed by a semioval, corrugated 

 plate on each side, in the middle forming uith ostium and colli culmn 

 a long tube, open frontally (ventrally) for the half of its length; 

 colli cidum with a thick and refracting wall, sclerotized on the inside. 

 Ductus bursae moderate. Ostium long and characteristic, regularly 

 tortuous along its entire length. Signum, a long, hollow thorn 

 without a capitulum, basal plate strongly convex. 



Material examined: Luzon, Mt. Makiling (Baker), 1 cf , holotype, 

 genit. slide 5045; 1 9, allotype, genit. slide 5016, "on Anona muricata"; 

 2 cT, paratypes, genit. slides 5032 and 5044. Los Banos, 50 m, 

 10.11.1935 (R. Laher), "Ace. Ec. 1046, Coll. of Agr. Univ., P.I.," 

 1 9, paratype, genit. slide 5047; same locahty, 24.1.1933 (T. S. Kom- 

 ki-is), "Ace. no. F92, Coll. of Agric. Univ., P.L," 1 9, paratype, 

 genit. slide 5035, 5040 cf, Luzon, Bangui, 1.1918, 1 9, paratype, 

 genit. slide 5059; 3 d', 4 9 (USNM). Luzon, Manila, 4 and 13.XII.- 

 1913, 2 cf, paratypes, genit. slide 4855. Benguet Prov., Palali, 

 2000 ft., 25.III.1912; Klondyke, 800 ft., 18 and 20.III.1912, 9.V.1912, 

 30.V.1914 (A.E. Wileman), 5 cf, 2 9, paratypes (BM). 



Nearest to Homona intermedia Diakonoff, from Java, the female 

 of which is not known. A variable but rather worn lot, especially 

 the females. The allotype has the dorsum rubbed in both forewings. 

 The female paratype no. 5059 (with right hindwing missing) has the 

 following markings: a spot of grey suffusion on dorsum before middle; 

 basal patch of costa moderately suffused with grey; transverse fascia 

 not imdidating, entire, slightly infuscated; edge of fascia continuous, 

 narrow, running from about 2/5 of costa to 3/4 of dorsum, straight, 

 below vein 2 abruptly tm-ned poster ad, so as to form a rounded 

 prominence above dorsum; costal patch emitting slender transverse 

 line from both extremities. 



The species is dedicated to the late Professor Charles Fidler Baker, 

 former Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of 



