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Head and thorax (worn) pale sordid ochreous whitish. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Fore- and hindwings glossy pale ochreous whitish, 

 devoid of any markings. Cilia concolorous. 



Male genitalia: Tegumen moderate. Uncus small, triangular; 

 w'eakly haired. Gnathos slender, with a short, slender point. Trans- 

 tilla, a slender and curved band, with two unequal sclerites at its base. 

 Valva rather narrow and thickened; cucullus with a triangular and a 

 prominently rounded top, below these dorsally there is a corona of 

 5 or 6 huge curved spikes. Aedeagus rather straight, attenuated. 



Material examined: Luzon, Baguio, Benguet Subprov. (Baker), 



1 cf, neallotype, genit. slide 5191 (USNM). Luzon, Benguet, 

 Sapiangao, 5600 ft., 17.XII.1912; 1 cf, genit. slide 5591; Benguet 

 Subprov., Baguio, 5000 ft., 3.XI.1912, 1 cf , genit. slide 5596 (A.E. 

 Wileman) (BM). 



Chrysonoma eumorpha, new species 



Figures 271, 651 



Male, 18-20 mm. Head and palpus light ochreous, median segment 

 of palpus with basal half and apex infuscated, terminal segment very 

 narrow, under 1. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen pale ochreous 

 tavmy. 



Forewing suboval, costa curved at extremities, less curved in middle, 

 apex tolerably rounded, termen almost straight, rather long, oblique. 

 Pale golden ochi'eous yellow, rather densely dusted with fine purplish- 

 fuscous scales, markings pm'plish fuscous. Costa with a small spot at 

 base and a triangular moderate spot before 3/5, both strongly suffused; 

 dense dusting on upper half of base of wing; discal stigmata rather 

 small, roundish, second a trifle transverse; plical stigma minute, more 

 or less fasciate, beyond first discal; dense dusting forming faint indica- 

 tions of: a sub triangular transverse patch before middle of dorsum, 

 reaching to first discal stigma; an outwards-oblique fascia from costal 

 spot across second stigma to tornus; and a very faint fascia from costa 

 well before apex to tornus; a series of minute, elongate marks along 

 ends of veins on termen. Cilia pale ochreous yellow^, infuscated 

 opposite tornus. 



Hindwing and cilia pale ochreous with a golden gloss. 



Male genitalia: Resemble those of C. aporopis Meyrick, but with 

 uncus furcate, valva broader and somewhat clavate, cucullus with a 

 dense corona of much more numerous and slender bristles. 



Material examined: Mindanao, Davao Prov., La Lun Mts., Calian, 

 5500 ft., 28-31. XIL 1930 (C. Clagg), 1 d", holotype, genit. slide 5712; 



2 cf, paratypes, genit. slide 5713. 



Superficially resembling C. aporopis, but larger and brighter 

 colored. 



