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748. It is from Tawi-Tawi, Tarawakan, north of Batu-Batu, 26.X. 

 1961 (Noona Dan Exped. 1961-62, KM). 

 The species belongs to the lineatonotella group. 



Ethmia praeclara Meyrick, 1910 



Figures 391, 393, 749 



Elhmia praeclara Meyrick, IQIO, Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, p. 460 (cf, 

 Lombok; 9, Queensland?); 1914, in Aurivillius, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 

 pars 19, p. 26. — Clarke, 1955, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . 

 Meyrick, vol. 1, p. 256; 1965, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 429, pi. 212, figs. 4-4a 

 (lectotype select.) . 



Distribution: Lombok Is.; ?Queensland, 



Material examined: Luzon, Los Bafios, (Baker), Icf, genit. slide 

 5227, 1 9, genit. sUde. 5228. 1 d", 1 9. (USNM) Luzon, Benguet, 

 Klondyke, 800 ft., 17.XII.1911 and 16.III-24.X.1912, 2 cf, genit. 

 sHde 5550; 20 9, genit. shdes 4934, 4935, 4936, 5545, 5546, 5550, 5554, 

 5556, 5558, and one without abdomen (BM). Total 3 cf, 22 9 

 (the females apparently are much more attracted by light than the 

 males). Oriental Negros, Mt. Tahnas, 900-1200 m, 9.VII.1958 

 (H.E. Milliron), 1 cf, genit. slide 5247 (BMH). In all respects agreeing 

 with the original description and the male genitalia agreeing with those 

 of the lectotype in the British Museum which is selected and will be 

 pubhshed by Clarke. 



Male genitalia: Uncus with moderate, pointed lobes. Transtilla 

 column very strong, top inverted-trapezoidal, scobinate, upper edge 

 dentate. Anellus lobes moderate, reaching just beyond middle of 

 column of transtilla. Valva with costa sclerotized, elongate and 

 narrow, gently dilated toward its subtubular base. Sacculus broadly 

 triangular, bristly, and prominent. Cucullus bifid, a short median 

 naked process with a triangular base, and a strongly clavate dorsal 

 bristled projection. AneUus proper and aedeagus normal. 



Female genitalia: Sterigma inverted W-shaped, with flattened 

 top, along which is a transverse band of fine aciculae. Arms strongly 

 projecting downward, each with a gradually dilated reticulate fold. 

 Ventral edge dilated and sclerotized. Ostium spheroidal, with a 

 subapical sclerotized ringlike ridge and a suprabasal band of strong 

 dentations, Signum large, a smooth, concave plate. 



Ethmia colonella Walsinghatn, 1907 



Figures 390, 395, 750 



Ethmia colonella Walsingham, 1907, in Sharp, Fauna Hawaiiensis, vol. 1, no. 5, 

 p. 507, pi. 15, fig. 6 (9cf , Hawaii).— Meyrick, 1910, Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. 

 London, p. 462 (c?, Kei Is.) ; 1914, in Aurivillius, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 

 pars 19, p. 26. — Clarke, 1965, Catalogue . . . Microlepidoptera . . . Mey- 



