MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 93 



3-3a. — Hannemann, 1961, Tierwelt Deutschlands, vol. 48, p. 154, no. 315 



(also spelled plebeiana by some authors). 

 Penihina alteana Mann, 1855, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, p. 555. 

 Paedisca lavaterana Milliere, 1862, Iconographie et dfecription chenilles et 



L^pidoptfires in^dits, pp. 290, 310, pi. 34, figs. 9-13. 

 Grapholilha peregrinana Moschler, 1866, Berliner ent. Zeitschrift, p. 139. 

 Stenoptycha obscura WoUaston, 1879, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 3, p. 341. 

 Proteopteryx blackburni Butler, 1881, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 7, pp. 393- 



394.— WiUcocks, 1916, Insect Pests Egypt, vol. 1, p. 390, pi. 7, fig. 5. 

 Crocidosevia ptiladelpha Meyrick, 1917, Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, p. 18. — 



Clarke, 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Me j^rick ; vol. 1, p. 264; 



1958, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 319, pi. 158, figs. 1-la (syn. of plebejana). 

 Crocidosetna synneurota Meyrick, 1926, Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 74 



p. 276. — Clarke, 1955, Catalogue . . . JNIicrolepidoptera . . . Meyrick 



vol. 1, p. 301; 1958, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 319, pi. 158, figs. 2-2a (syn. of plebejana)' 



Distribution: Cosmopolitan. 



Alaterial examined: Luzon, Los Banos (Baker), 1 9, genit. 

 slide 5087 (USNM). 



Loboschisa, new genus 



Head with appressed scales. Ocellus posterior. Proboscis de- 

 veloped. Antenna in male short-ciliate. Palpus moderate, ascend- 

 ing, appressed to face, not reaching top of eye, smoothly scaled, medi- 

 an segment moderate, little dilated and slightly roughish at apex, 

 terminal segment smaU, subacute, smooth and exposed. Thorax 

 without a crest. Posterior tibia normal. 



Forewing broad, suboval, apex obtusely pointed, termen rounded. 

 Vein 2 from beyond 2/3 of ceU, 3 from angle, only shghtly sinuate, 4 

 more sinuate, closer to 3, 3-6 remote, 7 separate, to termen below apex, 

 8 from angle, 9 rather close to 8, 10 from midway distance 11-9, 11 

 from 2/5 of cell. Upper parting vein from 2/3 distance between 11 

 and 10, vestigial except extreme origin, lower parting vein from 

 toward base to between 4 and 5. 



Hindwing with cubital pecten, rather short, broadly semioval; 2 

 from 2/3, 3 and 4 stalked from angle, 5 approximated at base, 6 and 7 

 closely approximated toward base. 



Male genitaha: Tegumen broadly conical. Uncus absent. Socius a 

 moderate, appressed, elongate-oval flap. Gnathos paired, a mod- 

 erate semioval sclerite on each side. Valva oblong, dilated and 

 clavate; sacculus with a prominent and large semioval lobe, beset with 

 dense long bristles, processus basaUs long. CucuUus strongly dilated 

 and bilobed, upper lobe projecting, semioval, sparsely bristled over the 

 disc; lower lobe more pointed, densely bristled; with a curved spine 

 on top. Aedeagus rather long, straight and narrow, gradually 

 tapering; cauHs long and bandUke. 



Female unknown. 



