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tions slightly over 1 ; pecten of scape broad, ochreous yellow. Palpus 

 pale ochreous yellow, basal segment dark fuscous except lower edge, 

 terminal segment shorter than median, dotted with dark fuscous along 

 lower and upper edges. Thorax pale ochreous yellow, with anterior 

 fourth, shoidders and apex infuscated. Abdomen pale ochreous, 

 spiny tergites ferruginous, partially showing through, posterior edges 

 pale ochreous. Posterior leg pale ochreous, tarsus and outer spiu-s 

 blackish. 



Forewmg rather narrow, lanceolate-oval, pointed. Pale ochreous 

 yeUow. Markings rather dark fuscous. A dark fuscous basal patch, 

 occupying about 1/7 or 1/8 of wing except extreme base, edge straight 

 and direct; first discal stigma moderate, rounded, connected by a 

 wedge-shaped conspicuous mark with the middle of costa; plical stigma 

 small, well beyond first discal; second discal stigma about as large as 

 first, connected by a transverse fuscous suffusion with tornus, this 

 suffusion faintly extending to termen; an inwards-oblique dark fuscous 

 dot on 4/5, extending halfway towards second discal stigma, its lower 

 extremity emitting a fuscous outwards-curved line to tornus; a small 

 dot in apex. Cilia concolorous, with a broad fuscous patch in tornus. 



Hindwing pale fuscous yello^\dsh, with a bronze gloss. Cilia pale 

 ochreous, didl. 



Male genitalia sclerotized throughout. Tegumen moderate, with 

 broad pedunculi. Uncus moderate, hooked, top truncate and rather 

 short. Gnathos very short, a transverse ridge with angidar projections 

 at the sides and a short, blunt hook. Tuba analis distinct and wide, 

 open below. Vinculum short, flattened, without signum. Valva 

 strongly concave lengthwise, sclerotized throughout; saccidus, a broad 

 fold at base, top extended into a strong spatulate and bicuspid process, 

 costa forming a slender, bristly cucullus. 



Female, 17-18 mm. Head light ochreous. Antenna dark fuscous, 

 scape light ochreous. Palpus light ochreous, median segment with 

 basal 2/3 fuscous, edge suffused; terminal segment densely strewn with 

 piu-ple fuscous. Thorax light ochreous, shoulder and a round spot on 

 apex fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. 



Forewing as in male, slightly broader. Markings very similar, 

 differing thus. Wedge-shaped patch from middle of costa not reach- 

 ing first discal stigma; plical stigma minute; suffused patch connecting 

 second discal stigma with tornus less dense; transverse streak from 

 posterior edge of this patch to preapical costal spot more defined than 

 in male, slightly sinuate; apical and terminal marks minute. Other- 

 "uase similar to male. 



Female genitalia: Sterigma, a subtrapezoidal sclerite with rounded 

 lower angles and concave sides. Lamella postvaginalis, an oval 

 padlike sclerite, flanked by rounded bristly knobs; collicidum, strongly 



