MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 121 



Odites perissa, new species 

 Figures 160, 165, 591 



Male, 16-17 mm. Head pale ochreous. Antenna brownish ochreous 

 with a strong golden gloss, cilia tions 1, pale ochreous. Palpus pale 

 ochreous, median segment rather thickened and spindle-shaped; with 

 basal 2/3 dark fuscous, edge of this color sUghtly suffused and oblique; 

 terminal segment brighter ochreous, very slender, as long as median. 

 Thorax Hght fuscous, tegulae pale ochreous. Abdomen pale ochreous, 

 becoming brighter yellowish ochreous posteriorly. 



Forewing with veins 3 and 4 separate; vein 8 to costa well before 

 apex, stalk of veins 7 and 8 shorter than these veins; rather narrow, 

 gradually dilated, broadest at 5/6, elongate-truncate, costa gently 

 curved at base, more so before apex, apex obtusely pointed, termen 

 gently concave, little oblique. Pale ochreous, costal edge brighter 

 ochreous yellow. Markings fuscous black, shghtly varying. A minute 

 dot at extreme base, often absent; first discal stigma just before 1/3, 

 slightly elongate or rounded, seldom preceded by one or two faint points; 

 pUcal stigma varying, elongate or round, larger or as large as first 

 discal, and beyond it; second discal small, round, on closing vein 

 (before 2/3); a faint, strongly curved series of dots halfway between cell 

 and margin, sometimes dots below veins 10 and 6 or 6 and 7, respec- 

 tively, much larger than other dots; sometimes a few dark scales 

 scattered above and below ceU, suffused grey costal spots on ends of 

 veins 11-9, becoming smaller posteriorly, a row of weU-defined dark 

 dots on ends of veins along termen to tornus ; sometimes some irregular 

 irroration along dorsum. Ciha pale ochreous, ^\ith an ill-defined 

 median series of dark dots. 



Hindwing whitish ochreous, with a silky gloss and faint purphsh 

 reflections, ends of veins along upper part of termen minutely dotted 

 with dark. Ciha concolorous with a pale basal band and a faint median 

 fuscous band. 



Male genitaha: Uncus rather long. Valva considerably narrowed. 

 Labides moderate, separated from each other, erected. Vinculum 

 strong, inverted-trapezoidal. Juxta T-shaped, stalk subquadrate, 

 shghtly depressed, arms obhquely truncate, their edges distinct, 

 curved. Aedeagus strongly sclerotized, top exceeding labides, nar- 

 rowed, orifice broad. Cornuti, 2 to 4 strong spines. 



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

 genit. shde 5152, 4 cf, paratypes (genit. shdes 5151, 5155). 5 c? 

 (USNM). 



Judging from the genitaha nearest to Odites perissopis Meyrick 

 (China), which differs by more extended markings, narrower aedeagus, 

 and differently shaped juxta and labides. Another close species is 



