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

 10.III.1912 (A.E. Wileman), 1 d", holotype, genit. slide 5578; 1 cf i 

 paratype, genit. slide 5597. Benguet Subprov., Pauai, Haights 

 Placed! 7000 ft., 25.VI.1912 (A.E. Wileman) (BM). 



Tanysancla lanceolata, new species 



Figures 262-263, 647 



Female, 23 mm. Head, antenna and thorax pale ochreous. Palpus 

 pale ochreous, median segment with more than basal half suffused 

 with greyish fuscous, a subapical dark fuscous ring, terminal segment 

 slender, under 1; infuscated throughout, base and front dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish. 



Forewing ovate-lanceolate, costa moderately curved at extremities 

 less so in middle, apex pointed, termen little curved, strongly oblique. 

 Pale ochreous, deeper ochreous tinged towards edge of wing and 

 towards lower half of base. Basal patch small, except extreme base 

 of wing mixed with grey, outer edge forming three ill-defined spots: 

 on costa, above fold and halfway between fold and dorsum; stigmata 

 moderate, first discal rounded, about 3 times larger than plical which 

 is just beyond it, elongate; second discal small, subtriangular; an 

 irregular elongate patch of sparse fuscous dusting from above first 

 discal stigma towards 3/5 of costa, not reaching it; an irregular wedge- 

 shaped mark of fuscous suffusion from costa before apex, towards 

 cell, hardly reaching halfway towards this; an irregular submarginal 

 series of dots between veins, from below apex to end of fold; edge of 

 wing along end of costa, in apex and along upper small part of termen 

 with a brownish suffused line. Cilia whitish ochreous. 



Hindwing glossy whitish, gradually becoming pale ochreous towards 

 apex, cilia ochreous whitish. 



Female genitalia: Sixth sternite modified, posterior edge with 

 rounded lateral lobes and a triangular median excision; seventh 

 segment equally modified, edge with obtusely pointed lobes and 

 slightly sinuate in middle. Ostium bursae shaped as a regular, 

 slender ring; 8 + 9 segment moderately sclerotized. Signum stellate. 



Material examined: Luzon, Benguet Subprov., Klondyke, 800 ft., 

 16.III.1912 (A.E. Wileman), 1 9, holotype, genit. slide 5599 (BM). 



The affinity of this species remains obscure. 



Philobota Meyrick, 1883 



Philobota loxograplia, new species 



Figures 274, 648, 650 



Male, 15.5 mm. Head pale ochreous yellow, crown slightly in- 

 fuscated. Antenna pale ochreous yellow, dark fuscous above; cilia- 



