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segment 1 ; golden brownish, median segment light yellow below and 

 inwardly. Thorax rather pale tawny greyish. Abdomen glossy light 

 ochreous fuscous, venter light ochreous, anal tuft yellow. Legs 

 bright yellow. 



Forewing elongate-sublanceolate, apex moderately rounded, termen 

 straight, oblique. Veins 4 and 5 separate, 7 to termen, 9 free. Light 

 tawny greyish; base of costal edge with a narrow dark fuscous line, 

 followed by a yellow streak, gradually dilated posteriorly and running 

 along the course of vein 7; a black marginal line around apex between 

 the ends of veins 7 and 8. Cilia fuscous grey, along costa yellow, 

 opposite apex yellow with grey tips. 



Hindwing with veins 3 and 4 stalked; rather deep brownish fuscous 

 bronze, appearing semipellucent (transparent bases of scales). Cilia 

 grey with a whitish basal line. 



Female genitalia: Eighth segment sclerotized all around, rather 

 finely bristled along upper half, caudal edge of sternite slightly 

 emarginate in middle, side lobes short and obtuse. Ostium bursae, a 

 rather large funnel with finely punctulate sides. Ductus bursae 

 undulate. Signum moderate, narrow and transverse. 



Material examined: Luzon, Moimt Makiling (Baker), 1 9, holo- 

 type, genit. slide 5209 (USNM). 



Homaloxestis alopecopa Meyrick, 1929 



Figure 828 



Homaloxestis alopecopa Meyrick, 1929, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3, p. 518. — 

 Gaede, 1937, in Bryk, Lepidopterorum Catalogiis, pars 79, p. 502. — Clarke, 

 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick, vol. 1, p. 41. 



Distribution: Philippine Is., Mindanao. 



Homaloxestis surrepta, new species 



Figures 186-187, 602 



Male, 13 mm. Head ochreous white, crown fuscous. Antenna 

 with scape and basal portion of flagellum ochreous white (apical 

 part missmg). Palpus ochreous white, basal segment and basal 

 half of median, fuscous. Thorax fuscous with purple gloss. Abdomen 

 light ochreous fuscous. 



Forewing with veins 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen; sublanceolate, 

 slightly dUated, costa slightly curved at extremities only, apex 

 obtusely pointed, termen rather long, moderately oblique, convex. 

 Pale fuscous, rather densely and irregularly clouded with dark fus- 

 cous, with a distinct piu"ple gloss. Basal fourth of wing stronger 

 suffused with dark purple fuscous; second discal stigma small, round, 

 not conspicuous (absent in right wing). CUia greyish fuscous with a 

 pale basal line. 



