MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 61 



Female, 17-20 mm. Deeper brownish-tinged throughout. Thorax 

 denser marbled with dark brown. Abdomen darker brown. Hind- 

 tibia normally scaled, grey. 



Forewing narrower and longer, more oval, costa being less distinctly 

 bent at 2/3 than in male. Costal and apical markings tolerably 

 similar. Basal patch basically similar, but usually much paler or 

 hardly defined at all; the same is the case w^ith the pretornal dorsal 

 spot, but to a lesser degree. (In darker specimens there is some 

 leaden-black fine marbling in paler interspaces between dark mark- 

 ings). Hindwing as in male, dorsum normal. 



Female genitalia: Eighth segment distinctly sclerotized throughout; 

 sternite broadly semicircular with a deep excavation. Ostium bursae 

 cup-shaped, rather broad, sclerotized. Colliculum moderate, nar- 

 rowed, about as long as ostium proper. Ductus bursae rather long. 

 Corpus bursae elongate. 



Material examined: West Java: Buitenzorg, 1894, 1 cf, genit. 

 slide 4552; Batavia, "6^. albitibiana m.," 1 9, genit. slide 4551; Buiten- 

 zorg, 1894, 1 cf. (These three specimens from Snellen collection 

 bear the labels "Grapholitha albitibiana det. Snell." and are recorded 

 as paratypes of Sisona albitibiana Snellen which species is quite 

 distinct as is explained below.) Central Java: teak forest near 

 Semarang, 40 m, 7.VIII.1931, 24.IX.1931, 8.1.1932, bread from leaves 

 of "Kalak" (family Anonaceae); Seneng, 19.X.1931; Telawa, 8-20. 

 VIII.1933 and 8-10.1.1935; Gedangan, 13.1.1931, 24.X.1931, and 

 30.x. 1931, genit. slide 4554 9 (all by L.G.E. Kalshoven). Rembang 

 Residency, and Semarang, 13.1V. and 3.V.1931 (F.A.T. Verbeek). 

 20 d', 9 9 (LM). 



Belongs to a group of closely allied species which have been con- 

 fused for a long time with Sisona albitibiana Snellen, because of some- 

 what similar markings and white-haired tibiae. 



Sycacantha inodes perspicua, new subspecies 



Figures 71, 533 



Male, 18.5 mm. Forewing distinctly longer and narrower. Larger, 

 more distinctly tinged throughout with pale vinaceous. Pretornal 

 dorsal spot dark brown, strongly contrasting. 



Hindwing with the base of dorsal edge thickened, devoid of hairs, 

 pinkish-tinged. 



Male genitalia: Identical to those of the nominate form. 



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

 genit. slide 4550. Although very similar to the material from Java, 

 this single specimen is sufficiently different to justify subspecific 

 separation. 



