MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 23 



It is not certain that the generic position of the species is correct 

 because the males are unknown. The female genitalia, though, agree 

 rather closely with those of the type species, Capua favillaceana 

 Hiibner. 



Capua thelmae, new species 



Figure 23, 500 



Male, 14.5 mm. Head light tawny. Antenna tawny ringed with 

 ferruginous (palpi missing). Thorax dark fuscous, anteriorly suf- 

 fused with ferruginous, tips of tegidae pale ochreous. Abdomen 

 pale ocherous tawny, tergites posteriorly suffused with grey. 



Forewdng elongate-truncate, costa strongly cm-ved at base, almost 

 straight posteriorly, apex little rounded, slightly prominent, termen 

 gently sinuate, little oblique. Glossy pale ochreous, dorsum vnih a 

 faint pinkish tinge. Markings fuscous brown. Basal patch suffused 

 with fulvous, narrowly extended, edge well defined, narrowly dark 

 fuscous brown, from 1/6 of costa to beyond 2/5 of dorsum; transverse 

 fascia rather narrow, from 2/5 of costa to dorsum beyond middle, its 

 anterior edge parallel to that of basal patch; upper half of fascia 

 wedge-shaped, lower half with the entire edge dark and lineai', pos- 

 terior edge Ul defined, strongly ciu^ved outw^ards but incomplete above, 

 to dorsmn well before tornus, anterior half of the low^er part of fascia 

 darker and rather well defined; costal patch represented by a narrow, 

 slightly sinuate dark brown streak from 2/3 of costa, slightly dilated 

 triangularly at origin, to termen just above tornus, anterior edge 

 concave above extremity; a small transverse spot on costa before 

 apex, preceded by a vertical transverse strigula; ill-defined transverse 

 strigulation from dorsum, tending to raise across wing and to part in 

 two light spaces between markings. Cilia pale ochreous mixed with 

 brownish. 



Hindwing pale ochreous, scattered with not many rounded spots of 

 pale fuscous suffusion, tending to form transverse curved series; 

 dorsum infuscated. Cilia pale ochreous. 



Male genitalia: Uncus strongly clavate. Socius parietal, a broad 

 patch. Gnathos long, pending and slender, hook rather short, oval. 

 Valva elongate, moderately constricted beyond base, costa indicated; 

 sacculus strong, bluntly prominent beyond middle below, cucidlus 

 rather obtusely pointed. Aedeagus sclerotized, moderate, top tmned 

 to the right, with a tooth on upper side before orifice. 



Material examined: Mindanao, Bukidnon, Mt. Katanglad, 1480 m, 

 27-3 l.X. 1959 (L. Quate and C. Yashimoto), 1 cf, holotype, genit. 

 shde 5315 (USNM). Mindanao, Davao Prov., east slope of Mt. 

 McKinley, 7000 ft., 16.VIII.1946 (CNHM Philippine Exped. 1946- 

 47, H. Hoogstraal), 1 cf , paratype, genit. slide 5734. 



