MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 107 



Thorax brownish vinaceous, with faint and suffused whitish markings: 

 a large circle in middle, touching sides and emitting a single longi- 

 tudinal streak anteriorly, a pair of such streaks posteriorly. Abdomen 

 pale fuscous greyish. 



Forewing oblong, pointed, moderately dilated, broadest in tornus, 

 costa little curved anteriorly, gently prominent at 1/2 and 2/3, apex 

 produced and pointed, termen sinuate, strongly oblique. Glossy 

 white, densely strewn with vinaceous tawny; markings vinaceous 

 tawny and dark brown. Basal patch vinaceous brown, on costa 

 extending to 1/5, on dorsum to 1/3 (in middle rubbed) ; an inverted- 

 trapezoidal patch occupying rather more than median third of costa, 

 almost reaching lower edge of cell, paler along costa and bearing four 

 dark brown elongate costal spots, one on anterior extremity, and 

 three equidistant, along posterior half; upper half of patch below 

 costa light tawny, lower haK dark brown; lower angle of cell with an 

 extension of patch, emitting an acute, sickle-shaped, almost vertical 

 streak to dorsum beyond 2/3; an elongate spot of dark grey dusting on 

 costa before apex, posteriorly traversing wing to termen below apex; 

 apex strewn with light tawny; a vinaceous-brownish transverse suffused 

 band from below costa to tornus, slightly concave posteriorly; a 

 vinaceous terminal line with triangular spots on ends of veins; terminal 

 veins themselves paler tawny. Cilia creamy greyish, a broad but 

 faint interrupted band along lower 2/3, except hght bases, cilia on 

 costa strewn with grey. 



Hindwing greyish white, with a vinaceous-purplish gloss, cilia 

 concolorous. 



Female genitalia: Ninth segment broadly conical and sclerotized. 

 Sterigma formed by a subquadrate, coarsely punctulate plate. La- 

 mella antevaginalis, a triangular, weak sclerite. Colliculum broad, 

 cylindrical, narrowed along lower half, wall finely punctulate. Signa 

 rather short, prongs finely dentate along edges. 



Material examined: Mindanao, Davao Prov., east slope of Mt. 

 McKinley, 7200 ft., 10.IX.1946 (CNHM Philippine Exped. 1946-47, 

 H. Hoogstraal), 1 9, genit. slide 5737. 



Heterogymna Meyrick, 1913 

 Hcterogymna melanocrypta, new species 



Figures 126, 575-576 



Male, 20 mm. Head and thorax silvery white, shoulder with a 

 black spot. Antenna white, ciliations about 5. Palpus rather short, 

 median segment moderately dilated in middle, terminal segment 

 short, obtuse, black, posterior halves of median and terminal seg- 

 ments white. Abdomen white. 



237-168—67 S 



