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rather long, subascending; light piirple fuscous, median and apical 

 segments yellow below (in front), apical segment above paler than 

 median. Thorax fuscous purple, marked with light yellow; a lateral 

 spot on patagium ; tegida with a large basal spot, a slender mark along 

 beginning of interior edge and a large spot at apex; mesothorax 

 irregularly edged with yellow; metathorax mth a bright yellow 

 quadrate spot; side tufts fuscous yellow; pectus strongly mixed with 

 yellow. Legs purplish marked with yellow, tarsi orange. Anterior 

 coxa edged and tipped mth yellow, other coxae only so tipped; median 

 femur with a subapical spot of yellow irroration, tibia with an in- 

 complete postmedian band and an apical fascia, yellow (tarsus missing, 

 posterior legs missing). Abdomen fuscous purple, with a strong 

 violet gloss; tergites 3 and 4 with irregular narrow yellow anterior 

 bands; 7 and 8 with very narrow whitish bands; sternite 2+3 pale 

 yellow, sternites 3 and 4 with broad bands anteriorly, 4 and 5 with a 

 median spot; valvae yellow. 



Forewing narrow, rather pointed. Hyaline, almost colorless, 

 clouded with yellowish thi'oughout, especially in cell posteriorly, 

 below vein 2 and especially beyond upper edge of cell, along veins 

 7 + 8 ; rather strong prismatic reflections in certain lights ; costa as 

 far as upper edge of cell and vein 9, and base of wing bro\\Tiish purple, 

 becoming black posteriorly, wdth a strong gloss in certain lights which 

 is metallic green from beyond base to beyond middle of costa, and 

 deep blue violet purple posteriorly; all veins rather thickly streaked 

 with blackish purple, only thin veins are 2 and 3 toward their bases 

 and lower edge of ceU anteriorly; dorsiun thinly irrorated with purplish 

 brown; discoidal thick, blackish purple, narrowed on lower angle of 

 cell, gently angulate in middle and emitting an attenuated narrow 

 streak along more than posterior third of cell; a moderate blackish- 

 purple line along posterior margin of wing. Cilia dull, pale ta-wny 

 fuscous. 



Hind wing hyaline, faintly tinged yellowish; veins and a marginal 

 line very narrowly black; discoidal rather oblique, slightly concave, 

 colorless. Cilia dull, pale tawny fuscous. 



Male genitalia: Tegumen compressed laterally, top semicylindrical, 

 truncate, edge rounded in middle, upper angles with moderate socii 

 bearing very long bristles. Tuba analis large. Saccus moderate. 

 Valva pointed-semioval, costa rounded, sacculus edge only little 

 curved; posterior half covered with simple bristles. Aedeagus 

 tubular, upper third finely aciculate, inverted vesica showing as an 

 internal tube. Cornutus, a single apical thorn. 



Material examined: Luzon, Mt. Banahao, V.1914 (B.P. Clark), 

 1 cf , holotype, genit. slide 5297 (USNM). 



