MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 129 



Forewing lanceolate, acutely pointed, broadest before middle. 

 Rather light ochreous tawny, irregularly suffused with fuscous. 

 Base of costa with a fuscous, attenuated streak; dorsum from base 

 to beyond middle with a faint fuscous suffusion, discal stigmata alike, 

 rather large, very faint, suffused, brownish: first at 1/4, a similar 

 spot below and before it; second in middle; a third similar faint 

 spot in disc at 3/4 ; plical stigma conspicuous, elongate, dark brown, 

 slightly closer to second discal than to first discal stigma; posterior 

 third of costa with a faint tawny very elongate subtriangular spot, 

 cut in two beyond its anterior extremity, and containing a minute 

 white longitudinal marginal mark beyond its middle; apex and termen 

 with a marginal row of very small brownish longitudinal (marginal) 

 marks on ends of veins. Cilia light ochreous tawny fuscous, tips 

 whitish around apex. 



Hindwing with strongly produced apex and twice sinuate termen; 

 veins 3 and 4 coincident. Semipellucent with distinct blue reflec- 

 tions; veins streaked, margin and apex suffused or irrorated, with 

 dark fuscous bronze (hindwing appearing dark grey). Cilia grey 

 with a pale ochreous basal line. 



Female genitalia: Eighth segment moderately sclerotized, lower 

 edge concave. Sterigma, a small and short funnel. Colliculum, a 

 sclerotized, inverted funnel with oblique lower edge. Signum small, 

 rounded, cup-shaped. 



Material examined: Luzon, Mount Maldling (Baker), 1 9, holo- 

 type, genit. slide 5208 (USNM). 



In all respects fitting in the description of the genus, except for 

 the lanceolate, pointed forewing with an indefinite tornus. All 

 other species have an obliquie termen with a distinct tornus. 



Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1910 



Key to the Philippine Species of Homaloxestis 



1. Forewing light tawTiy fuscous, apex light ochreous yellow. 



H. aganacma, new species 

 Not thus colored 2 



2. Forewing greyish fuscous, base suffused with dark fuscous. 



H. surrepta, new species 

 Forewing ferruginous brown, a small dark fuscous mark along closing vein. 



H. alopecopa, new species 



Homaloxestis aganacma, new species 



Figures 188, 601 



Female, 13 mm. Head glossy light grey, face light yellow. An- 

 tenna light yellow, scape pale grey. Palpus with median segment 

 spindle-shaped, with a small roughish tuft in middle above, terminal 



