142 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 257 



and beneath, outwards convex in middle; apical part of ^^ing beyond 

 this line suffused wdth slate grey, apex black, three black marginal 

 dots on termen. Cilia light yellow, a black bar opposite apex, oppo- 

 site tornus cilia with hght greyish posterior half, on dorsum becoming 

 entirely greyish with a darker subapical line opposite lower half of 

 termen. 



Hindwing pale bronze fuscous, glossy, seemingly semipellucent 

 (bases of scales transparent). Cilia pale yellowish fuscous, along 

 upper part of termen tips coarsely mixed wdth grey, towards dorsum 

 cilia becoming pale yellomsh with grey apical foiu-th. 



Female genitalia: Eighth segment not sclerotized; lamella post- 

 vaginalis simple, finely punctulate, caudal edge of eighth sclerite 

 with a small but deep incision \\dth a convex bottom, lobes flanking 

 it rounded mesially, densely bristled, but little sclerotized. Ostium 

 not modified. Ductus bm-sae moderate, tortuous. Signum small, 

 angulate, transverse. 



Material examined: Luzon, Mt. Makiling, (Baker), 1 9, holotjrpe, 

 genit. slide 5211. Los Bafios, 2 9, paratypes. 3 9 (USNM). 



Lecithocera recurvata Meyrick, 1923 



Figures 174-175, 616 



Lecithocera recurvata Meyrick, 1923, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3, p. 39 ($, 

 Philippine Is.); 1925, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum, fasc. 184, p. 237. — 

 Gaede, 1937, in Bryk, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, pars 79, p. 526. — Clarke, 

 1955, Catalogue . , . Microlepidoptera . . . Meyrick, vol. 1, p. 269; 1965, 

 op. cit., vol. 5, p. 163, pi. 81, figs. 3-3d (lectotype selected). 



Distribution: Philippine Is. 



Material examined: Luzon, Mt. Makiling (Baker), 2 9, genit. 

 slide 5197 (USNM). 



I compared the above mentioned slide with the photograph of 

 the slide of the female lectotype published by Clarke (1965). The 

 rather large pointed spines appearing in that photograph in the 

 ductus bursae close under the ostium bm'sae must be there acciden- 

 tally; they are all broken off at the base and must, in my opinion, 

 be simply displaced spines originating from the abdominal tergites. 

 They are absent in mount no. 5197 which otherwise is similar to 

 the photograph (Clarke, 1965, fig. 3c). 



Female genitalia \vith the ductus with a large widening covered 

 with sparse short teeth with dilated bases. 



Lecithocera niphotricha, new species 



Figures 166-167, 615 



Female, 14 mm. Head shining whitish fuscous, vertex blackish. 

 Antenna whitish ochreous. Palpus pale ochreous fuscous, median 



