Bocula obscurostola Holloway sp. n.

♂♂ 15mm. The facies is very similar to that of xanthostolaexcept the hindwing is a darker brown in the posterior zone that is paler in xanthostola, and the forewing discal spot is larger and more irregular, amid a generally more variegated and less ochreous pale brown ground area. The male genitalia are very similar to those of xanthostola, but the valve apex is broader and more falcate exteriorly; the eighth sternite of the abdomen is less deeply cleft.

Holotype ♂

BRUNEI: 100m, Lower Temburong, lowland forest, 19.5.79 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen), BM noctuid slide 18007.

Paratypes

• 1 ♂ SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.), Site 16, March, Long Pala (Base), 70m, 324450, alluv./ second. for., BM noctuid slide 18509
• 1 ♂ BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, LP298, lowland forest, Sept / Oct 1978 (S.L. Sutton)
• 3 ♂♂ INDONESIA: Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Barito Ulu 2001, at Busang / Rekut River Junction, 0°03’S, 113°59’E, viii.2001 (G. Martin).

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

All specimens are from areas of lowland forest.

Genitalia: