MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 71 



with a blackish dot at base laterally and on middle of upper edge, its 

 posterior lower part suffused with grey, terminal segment grey. 

 Abdomen fuscous. 



Forewing elongate-subtruncate, costa gently curved, more so to- 

 ward extremities, apex rectangular, termen sinuate, vertical, rather 

 prominent below. Light ochi*eous olive, partly streaked with brown- 

 ish, irrorated with dark brown. Costa with numerous obUque dark 

 brown strigulae, along its anterior half single and more distant; along 

 posterior half of costa these marks becoming double, approximated 

 and thickened, longer and less obhque; each pair is separated by a 

 white streak; ultimate pair united into a single vertical wedge-shaped 

 streak, top dilated, in apex, lower part slender, submarginal, edged 

 posteriorly by a silvery-white line; the pair of marks on middle of 

 costa giving rise to a long, very oblique white hne, slightly curved 

 and running into upper fourth of termen, posteriorly mLxed with a 

 few shining silvery scales, this streak surrounded on both sides by a 

 gi'eyish-tawny suffusion; below end of this streak on termination of 

 vein 5, a small wedge-shaped black spot, with a truncate top and point 

 running along terminal edge; a broad horizontal streak or rather series 

 of sparse and irregular dark brown spots and points, running from 

 base to termen and just above middle of disc, extending over one 

 fourth of its breadth; a faint darker transverse blotch on end of cell; 

 some more small spots and dots scattered along and above dorsum; 

 a moderate semioval dark brown spot on 1/3 of termen; ocellus well 

 defined, centered with a black round dot with a small strigula above, 

 one below it, both edges rather thick, shining leaden, curved, posterior 

 thicker. Cilia whitish ochreous, opposite ocellus suffused with slate 

 grey. 



Hindwing fuscous grey, semipellucent, veins darker brownish 

 fuscous. Cilia pale grey, with a whitish-ochreous basal line and a 

 fuscous-brownish subbasal suffused band. 



Male genitalia, as described for the genus. 



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

 genit. slide 5019 (USNM). Also 1 <^, paratype, from West Sumatra 

 Fort de Kock, 920 m, V.1921 (E. Jacobson, LM). 



Gnathmocerodes, new genus 



Head with roughly appressed scales, tufts on vertex broadly spread- 

 ing, face roughish. Ocellus posterior. Antenna slightly thickened, 

 rather short, serrulate, pubescent in male. Proboscis weak. Palpus 

 rather short and moderately broad, sinuate, subporrect. Thorax 

 with a double posterior crest. Hindtibia normal. Abdomen normal. 



Forewing elongate-subtruncate, moderately broad. Vein 2 from 

 beyond 2/3, 3 from angle, 3-5 remote, 4 closer to 3, 7 to termen, 8 



