DIAKONOFF, F.R.E.S., A

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FAUNA BURUANA ViMICROLEPIDOPTERA IIIbyA. DIAKONOFF, F.R.E.S.(Zoologisch Museum, Buitenzorg, Java)This is the third account of the material of Microlepidopteracollec-ted by Dr L. J. Toxozsus during the Buru Expedition 1921. Two pre-vious papers appeared in this periodical vol. 18, pp. 213 - 216, 1941 andvol. 19, pp. 197 - 219, 1948.ALUCITIDAEDeuterocopus alopecodes MEYR. 1911.Deuierocopus alopecodes MEYRICK, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 21: 105 - 106.Lepid. CataI. 17: 9, 1913. Ann. Transv. Mus. 8: 49, 1921. FLETCHER, Mem. Dept. Agr.Ind., Ent. 6: 16, 1921. CataI. Ind. Ins. 20: 16, 1,931.India, larva on Vitis sp.: Rhodesia.Station 1, 1.1.1922. 1 ~.Sphenarches caffer (ZELL.) 1852.Oxyptilus caffer ZELLER, Linn. Ent. 6: 348 - 349.Oxyptilus anisodactylus WALKER 1864, List Lep. Het. B.M. 30: 934- 9.35.Pterophorus diffusalis WALKER 1864, t.c.: 945.Oxypt.ilus direptalis WALKER 1864 (nee WALKER), t.c.: 934 (= specimen b).Oxyptilus walkeri WALSINGHAM1881, Trans. Ent. Soc .. Land. 18.81: 279-280.Sphenarches synophrys ME'YRICK1886, l.c. 1886: 17 - 18.Sphenarches caffer, MEYRICK, l.c. 1887: 268. Gener. Ins. 100: 6, f. 3, 1910. Lepid.Catal. 17: 5, 1913. Ins. Samoa 3: 68-69, 1927. Trans. Ent; Soc. Land. 87: 503, 1938.HERING,Stett. Ent.'IZtg. 64: 96,1903. FLETCHER, Mem, Agr. Ind., Ent. 6: 9-13,pl. 2,1921. Catal. Ind. Ins, 20: 10-11, 1931., Imper. Counc. Agr. Res. Sci. Mon. 2: 3-4, 1939(Additional literature other tha~\ concerning 'records from the Malay Archipelago isomitted) .Circumtropical. In the Malay Archipelago recorded from Java, Sumatra, Tenim-bar 1., New Guinea.Station 9, 19.V.1921. 1 cf.Alucita niveodactyla PAG. 1910'0.Alucita niveodactyla PAGENSTECHER,Zoologica 29: 240. MEYRICK, Trans. Ent. Soc.Lond. 190'7: 490, 1908. Gener. Ins. 100: 13, 1910. Catal. Lepid. 17: 17, 1913. Trans.311EUCOSMIDAETREUBIA,VOL. 20, 1949, PART 2.312Ent. Soc. Lond. 87: 504, 1938. FLETCHER,Spol. Zeylan. 6: 36, pl. F, f. 9 (larva), 1909.Mem. Ind. Agric., Ent. 6': 30, 1921. Catal. Ind. Ins. 20: 53-54, 1931. Imper. Counc.Agr. Res. Sci. Mon. 2: 11, 1939. POULTON,Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1909: 39~40, 1909.CORBETT& GATES, Dept. Agric. Fed. Mal. St. Bull. 38: 11, 1926.'Aciptilia nivea SNELLEN1903, Tijdschr. Ent. 46: 56, pI. 5, f. 17.Aciptilus leucodactylus WALKER(part.), FLtETCHER,Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, 1925:628, 1926.India, Ceylon, Assam, Cochin China, Philippines, Solomon Is., Australia, BismarckIs., New Guinea, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java. Larva on leaves of Ipomoea.Station 4, IV; Station 9, 12.V., 16.V.; Station 13, 30.VIII. 3 0', 3 ~Adaina montivola MEYR.193'(.. Adaina montivola MEYRICK,Iris 51: 170., Yunnan.Station 13, 30.VIII. 2 cf.Steganodactyla concursa WALS.1891.Steganodactyla con<lU1'saWALSINGHAM,Ent. M. Mag. 27: 241 - 242, Novit. Lep.1: 3, pl. 12, ff. 3, 3a, 3b. HERING,Stett. Ent. Ztg. 64:' 96, 1903. FLETCHER,SpoI. Zeylan,6: 9-10, pl. E, ff. 1, 2, 1909. Ind. Agr. Dept. Bull. 89: 81, note 183, 1919. Mem. Agr.Ind., Ent. 6: 30-31, 1921. Catal. Ind. Ins. 20: 55, 1931.Ochyrotica concursa, MEYRICK,Gener. Ins. 100: 20, 1910. Lepid. Catal, 17: 31,1913. . .Ceylon, S. India, Sumatra, Philippines, Tonkin, Comoro Is., Mauritius.Station 9, 2.V, 16.V. 2 cf.Procoronis swinhoeana (WALS.) 1890.Grapholitha (Semasia), swinhoeana WALSINGHAM,Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890:294, pl. 8, f. 19.Procoronis rhotias MEYRICK1911, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 34, 251 - 252.Procoronis swinhoeana, MEYRICK's notes.Burma, Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Fiji.Station A, 30.VI, 25.XI. 1 cf, 1 ~.Basal segment of pal pus in bothsexes possesses a triangular tuft of appressed scales beneath, omitted inthe descriptions of previous authors. WALSINGHAM'sstatement that the cellin hind wing is not closed is erroneous. A very variable species as tocolouring and markings; the semi oval brown spot on upper angle of celland the crescentic mark on lower angle are typical and mostly present.Tegumen rounded, arms narrow. Uncus rigid, bifid, densely haired,points curved. Socii long, pending hairy pads. Gnathos tortricoid, robust, \"unpaired, point rising. Transtilla paired, two slightly curved projections.Valva narrow, cucullus elongate, with strong bristles and some spikestowards base below; sacculus angular, weakly bristled. Anellus strong.Vinculum short, triangular. Aedoeagus straight, rather long, chitinous.Cornuti a patch of spines (broken in our specimen). A slender strong rodconnects base of aedoeagus with top of gnathos (Slide No. 1009 D).,.,A. DIAKONOFF: Fauna Buruana, Microlepidoptera Ill. 3133Fig. 1. Genitalia of Procoronis swinhoeana (WALS.), &; Fig. 2. $>. Fig. 3. Genitaliaof Eucricostoma lanosa g.n. sp. n., rJ. Fig. 4. Genitalia of Tinea innocens sp. n., rJ.,.«314 TREUBIA, VOL. 20, 1949, PART 2.Ostium cup-shaped. Colliculum short. Cestum a narrow spiraledband, much dilated, densely spinose below. Signa inequal : a large hollow.compressed tooth and a much smaller curved short spine (Slide No 1010 D).OECOPHORIDAEDolosaphes quadriscripta spec. novo~ 7 mm. Head pale ochreous, vertex mixed with brownish. Antennaover 1/2, serrulate, simple; pale ochreous faintly ringed brownish. Palpuspale ochreous, minute brownish dots: at apex of median segment and onmiddle of terminal segment. Thorax pale ochreous, suffused anteriorlywith brownish. Abdomen swollen, greyish; broadly banded with fuscous.Legs pale ochreous, anterior leg infuscated above except oil articulations.Fore wing elongate-ovate, costa gently curved throughout, apex obtuselypointed, term en rounded, moderately oblique; vein 7 to apex. Glossy whit-ish-ochreous, sparsely strewn with fine brownish points, markings formedby brownish irroration, faintly edgedwith golden-ochreous suffusion. Asuffused triangular spot on base ofcosta, anterior edge slightly emargi-nate; two moderate outwardly obli-que transverse streaks: first onefrom beyond %. of costa, dilated aboveand connected with basal spot alongwing edge, below not reaching middleof dorsum : second one less oblique,broader, from % of costa to belowlower angle of cell, triangularly dilat-ed on costa, anterior edge straight,posterior moderately concave; a moresuffused and narrower strigula fromcosta before apex to above torn us,thence curved to dorsum before torn-us; a terminal interrupted strigulaFig. 5. Male genitalia of Dolosaphes from apex to above tornus, not con-quadriscripta sp. n. nected with base of preceding. Ciliawhitish-ochreous with golden gloss, opposite apex and towards tornusmixed with brown except on base.Tegumen small, short. Uncus rather weak, blunt, moderately bristled. rGnathos strong, hook pending, top curved. Transtilla a slender strongrod. Valva broad at base, cucullus separate,· clavate, bristled; sacculuswith triangularly projecting, bristled and short-dentate top. Vinculummoderate, ovate. Anellus indefinite. Aedoeagus rather long, moderatelynarrowed and curved towards apex, orifice abruptly dilated. Cornutusapparently a very large spike, dilated proximad (Slide No. 1007 D, type).,.,A. DIAKONOFF: Fauna Buruana, Microlepidoptera Ill.. 315,Station 9, 12.VI. 1 specimen. This small insect agrees with thedescription of the genus Dolostuphe«, except for the termination of vein 7to apex (instead of to termen) and for shorter antennae. We place it here,pending further evidence.Eucricostoma gen. novoEV = true, "(2[xoc; = hook, otoua = mouth.Head densely rough-haired, side-tufts rising. Ocellus posterior. Pro-boscis rudimentary. Antenna? (tips broken), somewhat thickened in cf,serrulate, short-ciliated, scape moderately elongate, with strong pecten.Labial palpus long, sub ascending, strongly curved and directed laterad(much diverging), median segment strongly laterally compressed, withdense appressed scales forming a thick, slightly roughish, long fringebelow, becoming longer towards apex, without setae, terminal segment!h, ovate,obtuse, strongly compressed. Thorax without crest. Anterior leg:coxa elongate, flattened dorso-ventrally, tibia short, thickened with hairs,tarsus thickened withhairs throughout; me-dian tibia thickenedwith dense long ap-pressed hairs; posteriortibia thickened, withappressed scales above,with long bristly pro-jecting scales beneath,tarsus with basal halfroughly haired above,median and posteriortarsi with short bristlyscales at apices ofjoints. Fore wing 'withindication of raisedscale-tufts, clothed withroughly appressed scales throughout, thickly scaled, towards basal halfof costa, lower surface with veins fringed with rows of scales above andbeneath; lb simple, le strong posteriorly, 2 from about 5/0,3 and 4 almostconnate from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 9 about halfway toward~10 which originates from slightly beyond middle, 11 absent; cell narrow,lower and upper parting veins obliterate anteriorly, terminating aboveand below 5, respectively, rather weak. Hind wing under 1, elongate-lanceolate, cilia 3,4, lower surface with veins fringed with scales, 2 frommiddle of cell, 3 from 4/u, 4 from angle, 4 - 6 parallel and equidistant, 5TINEIDAEFig. 6. Eucricostoma lanosa g.n. sp. n.Neurationand head of male (right labial palpus missing).316 TREUBIA,VOL. 20, 1949, PART 2.from middle of transverse vein, 6 from upper angle of cell, 7 from beforeangle, to apex, 8 straight, to well before apex.Genotype Eucricostoma lanosa spec. nov., d'.An interesting specialised form of dubious affinity. Perhaps it be-longs in the vicinity of the very heterogeneous Eumasia CHRET.Eucricostoma lanosa spec. nov .•d' 18.5 mm: Head, antenna and palpus whitish-ochreous, hair-tuft'on face with two suffused fuscous spots laterally, palpus with a narrowblackish streak along upper edge of median segment. Thorax whitish-ochreous, suffused longitudinal tawny-ochreous streaks: one on tegula,median, becoming fainter and narrower posteriorly and two more onthorax, submedian, narrow. Abdomen hairy, whitish-ochreous. Legs whit-ish-ochreous, top of anterior tibia fuscous below, median tarsus darkfuscous above. Fore wing elongate-ovate, costa little curved anteriorly,more. so towards apex, apex pointed, termen rounded, oblique; denselyscaled towards base, posteriorly with appressed scales making roughishappearance. Whitish-ochreous, costa faintly suffused with light ochreous;base of costal edge dark fuscous; an elongate irregular subcostal spot ofsparse yellowish irroration mixed with dark brown beyond middle, withtwo small projections below; irregular elongate longitudinal yellowishspots scattered over disc and two moderate streaks of this colour towardsbase: at 1/4 of disc and-in fold, respectively; some dark brown irrorationalong lower edge of cell towards angle of latter; interrupted faint yellow-ish streaks along veins beyond cell, slightly mixed with brown poste.riorly, this colour forming an irrorated spot on middle of termen; anirregular elongate spot of deep brown irroration on 1/3 of dorsum. Ciliawhitish-ochreous, apical half opposite apex and middle of termen suffusedwith yellowish and slightly mixed with brown. Hind wing semipellucentglossy whitish-ochreous, cilia concolorous, duller.Tegumen rather short, strong, fused with vinculum and forminga-ring together with latter. Saccus long, slender. Uncus: two broad sepa-rate clavate lobes, bristled distally, each with a denticulate subapicalknob medianly. Gnathos, transtilla absent. Valva cardinate, ~longate-tri--angular, obtuse, bristled, base with a transverse, sinuate rim, dentate inmiddle. Aedoeagus very long, slender .. Cornuti absent (Slide Np. 1008 D,type) .Station 9, medio VII. 1 specimen.Setomorpha rutella ZELL. 1852.Setomorpha rutella ZELLER, Lepid. Micropt. Caffr.: 94·95 (For numerous syno-nyms and distribution cf. DIAKONOFF, Treubia 16: 405·408 and 413.414).A. DIAKONOFF: Fauna Buruana, Microlepidoptera Ill. 317Circumtropical, in dry vegetable matter, a notorious pest in dry tobacco leaf. Inthe Malay Archipelago ·recorded from S.umatra, Java, Celebes.Station 1, V. 1 ~.Scardia niaculosa spec. novorJ17 mm. Head and antenna greyish-fuscous, scape pale ochreous.Palpus pale ochreous, median segment with a dorsal streak and a largetriangular spot on ventral tuft not reaching apex: fuscous, terminal seg-ment with pale fuscous tip. (Abdomen missing). Legs pale ochreous dense-ly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing elongate-ovate, costa moderatelycurved towards extremities, apex obtuse, termen rounded; 7 separate, tocosta just above apex, 8 and 9 stalked, from angle of cell. Glossy paleochreous, costa narrowly whitish-ochreous; densely irrorated and dottedwith fuscous, dots more or less arranged in longitudinal rows, more dis-tinct posteriorly and along costa; these costal marks roundish to' 3/4,narrowly transverse beyond this; an outwardly oblique transverse straightstreak of ground colour before apex, narrowly edged anteriorly withfuscous, limiting dark fuscous small apical spot which becomes palertowards extreme apex; fuscous suffusion indicating a patch which occu-pies anterior half of wing and a moderate wedge-shaped costal spot at 3/5with obtuse point strongly curved posteriorly. Cilia pale ochreous mixedwith fuscous, a dark fuscous antemedian fusciaaround apex and alongtermen, becoming interrupted towards tornus. Hind wing bronze-fuscous,basal half with purplish, apical with brassy gloss. Cilia pale whitish-fuscous, a broad dark fuscous basal streak around apex.Station 1, 18.1. 1 specimen. Nearest to S. sistrata MEYR.Tinea innocens spec. novorJ 8 mm. Head, palpus and thorax rather light greyish-fuscous. Anten-na dark greyish-fuscous. Legs fuscous-whitish. Fore wing lanceolate,. rather narrow, costa gently curved throughout, apex pointed, termenlittle curved, long, extremely oblique. Pale glossy ochreous-fuscoue, irrora-ted with fuscous. Base of costa with a suffused blackish spot, an indicat-ion of a fuscous dot on dorsum beyond base; a short fuscous streak inmiddle of fold; an irregular ovate fuscous spot in middle of disc before3/4 (on end of cell) ; fuscous irroration beyond cell tending to form 2-3irregular outwardly convex transverse strigulae. Cilia pale ochreous-fusc-ous, glossy, mixed with a few fuscous scales. Hind wing glossy, palegreyish-fuscous. Cilia pale fuscous-ochreous.Tegumen small, trapezoid. Uncus very long, erect-triangular. Gnathoswith strong thick arms and a very long slender porrect point. Valvaelongate, not dilated, simple, cardinate. Saccus slender, moderate. Aedoea-318 TREUBIA, VOL. 20, 1949,. PART 2.gus long, thick, apex shaped as a narrow secondary tube. Cornuti finespines in a dense patch, narrowed apically (Slide No. 544 D, type).Station 9, 16.V. 1 specimen. In appearance near the common T.fuscedinella, but with cf genitalia considerably differing.CorrectionWe are satisfied that the g€l1US Psygmomorpha DIAK. 1948 describedin the preceding part of this paper (Treubia 19: 207 - 208) as a Copro-morphid must be removed from Microlepidoptera and transferred to thefamily Arctiidae, subfamily Nolinae ..~-,.I

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