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A characteristically colored species suggesting a Choanograptis 

 Meyrick by coloring and markings. The genus Capua Hiibner is 

 meant in its revised concept (by Obraztsov, 1954). 



This species is dedicated to Mrs. Thelma M. Clarke. 



Archips Hiibner, 1826 

 Key to the Philippine Species of Archips 



1. Males 2 



Females 4 



2. Forewing fulvous pink, with a well-defined dark, clavate and oblique spot 



before middle of costa, followed by two rounded-triangular costal dots; no 



trace of subapical markings A. dicacus, new species 



Forewing with a pink tinge; the clavate costal spot suffused, mostly inter- 

 rupted or incomplete; subapical markings developed 3 



3. The end of clavate mark incomplete, crescentic; hindwing dark fuscous, 



opaque A, difficilis 



The end of clavate mark elongate oval, mark interrupted below costa; hind- 

 wing pale fuscous, almost semipellucent A. salaconis 



4. Hindwing deep orange, dorsum fuscous; forewmg with costa and termen 



strongly sinuate, apex falcate A. aperta, new species 



Not thus 5 



5. Hingwing pale fuscous, without yellow; forewing with costa abruptly excavate 



beyond middle A. salaconis 



Hindwing partly yellow; forewing with costa moderately sinuate .... 6 



6. Hindwing (presumably) pale orange yellow, with transverse dark strigulae; 



forewing with dark markings well defined ... A. dicaeus, new species 



Hindwing fuscous with orange-yellow suffused apex; forewing with markings 



suffused A. difficilis 



Archips salaconis (Meyrick, 1912) 



Figures 14-15, 27, 101, 502-504 



Cacoecia salaconis Meyrick, 1912, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 1, p. 15 (Phil- 

 ippine Is., 9 ) ; 1912, in Aurivillius, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, pars 10, 

 p. 22; 1913, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum, fasc. 149, p. 25. — Clarke, 

 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick, vol. 1, p. 275. 



Archips salaconis. — Clarke, 1958, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick 

 vol. 3, p. 47, pi. 23, figs. 3-3c. 



Cacoecia xanthochroma Wileman and Stringer, 1929, The Entomologist, vol. 62, 

 p. 65 (cf, Luzon, Mindanao) [new synonym]. 



Distribution: Philippine Is., Luzon, Mindanao. 



Material examined: Luzon, Los Baiios, 50 m, 9.L1935 (M.R. 

 Tibay), 1 9; same locality, Sept. 1924 (E. Quisumbing), 1 9; same 

 locality, 17.IX.1928 (A.V. Guanzon), 1 9; same locaUty, 12 9 (Baker). 

 Luzon, Mt. Makiling, 46 cf , 3 9, genit. slides 5506 cf , 5783 9 (Baker). 

 Leyte, Burguen, 1 9 (A.P. Clark, donor); 46 cf, 19 9 (USNM). 

 Luzon, Benguet Prov.: Klondyke, 800 ft; 20.Xn.l911, 2 cf, 15.III 

 1912, 1 cf ; 1.IV.1912, 2 d" , genit. slide 5538; Rizal Prov.: Montalban, 

 12.1 and 23.11.1914, 2 d"; Benguet, PalaH, 2000 ft., 27.Xn.1912, 



