MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 153 



men fuscous, sides bright ochreous, becoming whitish towards base, 

 anal tuft ochreous, venter hght ochreous. Legs ochreous, anterior 

 leg suffused, tarsi banded with fuscous, posterior spurs blackish 

 fuscous. 



Forewing elongate-truncate, rather narrow, narrowed in middle, 

 broadest before termen, costa moderately curved at base and before 

 apex, apex pointed, termen strongly concave, vertical, tornus pro- 

 jecting. Light milky green. Markings blackish and white. A sUghtly 

 obUque and outwards-convex transverse series of minute blackish 

 scales at 1/5, interrupted above middle, ill defined below fold; another, 

 more extended similar transverse series from below 2/3 of costa, 

 interrupted in middle and above dorsum; a short transverse mark 

 on dorsum beyond middle (all these markings obhterate in left wing) ; 

 an elongate-semivoal spot occupying less than median third of costa, 

 anterior end acute and continued as a very narrow marginal hne based, 

 posterior end rounded, shghtly irregular by dark irroration; this patch 

 extending less than 1/3 across wing and edged by white; this edge is 

 continued as a marginal line to base of costa; posterior part of costa, 

 apex, and termen ^\dth a thicker white line. Cilia pale ochreous, 

 irregularly mixed with blackish scales along bases and tips. 



Hindwing dark bronze blackish fuscous. Cilia grey mth a whitish 

 basal line. 



Male genitalia : Tegumen with two lateral prominences towards the 

 top, lower of these with a pending, spatulate arm. Uncus broad, top 

 rounded. Gnathos strong, a curved, pending hook. Valva slender, 

 elongate-clavate; sacculus well defined, about 1/3, slightly irregidar, 

 base dilated, top flattened. Anellus lobes very long and slender, top 

 slightly haired. Aedeagus large, irregularly sclerotized, this portion 

 \vith two ventral short and broad processes, and two long, acute dorsal 

 ones. Cornutus, a single spine. 



Female, 20 mm. Head brighter milky green, face pale greyish 

 green. Terminal segment of palpus whitish dotted black, basal third 

 black. Thorax brighter green with a milky tinge, apex of thorax with 

 a black dot. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs grey fuscous, posterior 

 tibia light ochreous above and laterally. Forewing brighter green 

 mth a milky tinge, transverse series of dots obliterate, but there are 

 several minute transverse lines, rising from posterior half of dorsum 

 and almost reaching lower edge of cell; plical stigma elongate, at 2/5, 

 followed by a snow-white dot; another snow-white dot on middle of 

 closing vein; costal spot larger, jet black, more shifted basad; marginal 

 white line along posterior part of costa, in apex and along termen to 

 tornus Anth a series of equally spaced black points extending over the 

 external half of the ^\ddth of white line; some black marginal irroration 

 along posterior part of dorsum, beginning with an elongate mark on 



