MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 229 



Sura cyanolampra, new species 



Figures 331, 711-712 



Female, 32-35 mm. Head light fulvous orange, orbits except 

 above, white, face silvery yellowish, on forehead and in center with 

 blackish reflections. Palpus subascending, moderately long, bright 

 orange, basal segment with a fulvous tinge. Antenna (broken in 

 holotype) ochreous or orange, basal portion and scape blackish above. 

 Patagia bright orange, with a big purple-blue median patch. Thorax 

 dark piu"ple, with prismatic reflections. Pectus dark grey with a 

 strong slate gloss. Anterior femur and tibia with a strong fan of 

 scales along outer edge, dark purple with some greenish gloss, tarsus 

 bright orange except above. Median and posterior legs glossy pur- 

 phsh grey, femora inwardly with a white fringe; spurs whitish from 

 above, a bunch of white scales beyond base of spurs, some yellowish 

 hairs mixed with the top of posterior tibia; tarsi slightly mixed with 

 yellowish. Abdomen dark purple, tergum shining deep metallic blue, 

 second segment with a lateral patch of white hairs. 



Forewmg rather abruptly more dilated beyond tornus. Black, 

 densely sujffused with indigo green, turning bright indigo blue beyond 

 cell and changing into indigo purple towards termen; a small bright 

 purple spot on extreme base of wing; a rather short streak of brilliant 

 shining pale green below base of cell from beyond base of wing. Cilia 

 blackish bronze. 



Hindwing black strongly suffused with indigo green, especially in 

 center turning bright indigo blue, in extreme apex purple; a hyaline, 

 colorless band just before termen and dorsum, from apex to vein la, 

 dilated twice in cell 2, IK times in cell Ic and almost filling out cell lb; 

 a moderate oval hyaline spot below cell beyond base ; ends of veins in 

 hyaline band narrowly black, except veins lb and Ic which are broader 

 black. Cilia black. 



Female genitalia: Genital segment elongate, sclerotized, ventral 

 split rather wide, dilated downward. Lamella postvaginalis not 

 modified, finely aciculate. Lamella antevaginahs forming separated 

 lower (rostral) edge of segment as a pair of strong rods, dilated and 

 converging mesially so as to form an elongate sclerite, spHt above 

 (caudaUy). Ostium bursae apparently situated above (caudally) of 

 this structure, membranous. Colliculum membranous, aciculate. 

 Cestum, short, semiannular. Ductus bursae long, simple. Corpus 

 bursae finely aciculate, with numerous regular transverse folds. 



Material examined: Luzon, Los Banos (Baker), 1 9, holotype, 

 genit. sUde 5303, 1 9, paratype. Antimoan (B.P. Clark), 1 9, paratype 

 (USNM). ManUa, 1. IX. 1945 (H.E. MiUiron), 1 9, paratype (BMH). 



