MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 155 



Forewing rather narrow, sublanceolate, dilated; costa abruptly 

 curved at base, emargiuate along median third, gradually curved 

 before apex, apex moderately pointed, termen rounded, oblique. 

 Veins 3 and 4 stalked, 2 rather from before angle, 6 separate, 7 and 8 

 stalked, to costa. Creamy, irrorated with light tawny, this irroration 

 tending to form transverse bands; extreme base of costa with a small 

 ferruginous mark; some slight purplish-black sujffusion across costa at 

 1/6; a large semioval brown spot along costal excavation, slightly 

 marbled with white, narrowly extended along costa anteriorly; four 

 light tawny costal dots before apex becoming smaller posteriorly and 

 a series of similar dots along termen to tornus; fu-st discal stigma 

 large, circular, anthracite black, preceded by a transverse suffusion, 

 an elongate spot below and slightly before stigma, another smaller 

 dot below this on dorsum, all anthracite black; an interrupted fuscous 

 transverse streak forming continuation of anterior edge of costal patch, 

 to fold; an irregular, white-marbled roundish dark grey spot over 

 closing vein; a jet-black, anthracite oval spot iu apex with a small dot 

 above, a larger one below this, on wing margin; a strongly curved 

 transverse series of fuscous-suffused dots halfway between cell and 

 apex, suffused with pale fuscous tawny. CUia creamy, lower half 

 broadly barred with tawny. 



Hindwiug light fuscous, glossy, cells semipellucent with pale blue 

 reflections. Cilia pale fuscous. 



Male genitalia: Of the usual characteristic build. Valva elongate, 

 with a narrow basal half strengthened by a median keel; posterior 

 half, the cucullus proper, dilated, oval. Labides long slender and 

 straight, minutely dentate on top. Anellus lobes similar, but shorter, 

 minutely haired. Uncus bristly. Gnathos hooked. Aedeagus short, 

 very slender, only basal half abruptly dilated and vesicular, flattened 

 laterally. 



Material examined: Luzon, Benguet Subprov., Baguio, 5000 ft., 

 29.IV. 19 12, 1 cf, holotype, genit. slide 5665; Benguet Subprov., 

 Klondyke, 800 ft., 21.III.1912, 1 cf, paratype (A.E. Wileman). 

 2 c^ (BM). 



The peculiar feature of the veins 3 and 4 in the forewing being 

 stalked separates this species from all others, and would, in fact, 

 assign it to the South American genus Parastega Meyrick. However, 

 in aU other respects being a true Hypatima it rather shows the dubious 

 validity of the latter genus. 



Hypodrasia, new genus 



Head Mith dense, closely appressed scales descending over forehead 

 and face. Ocellus absent. Proboscis developed. Antenna 4/5, in 

 male moderately thickened and lateraUy compressed throughout, 



237-168—67 H 



