Eublemma roseonivoides Holloway sp. n.

Eublema roseonivea Walker sensu Hampson, 1910, *Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. *10: 183.

Image of [object Object] Holloway ♂ (paratype) — ♂ (paratype)

♂♂ 10-11mm. The facies is very similar to that of the previous species except the hindwing dark band is less intensely brown, sometimes more divided into two by a diffusely paler central component, and the submarginal diverges away from the margin less strongly towards the anterior and has a pinker zone between it and the margin. The black discal dots are more evident. The genitalia have the valve process less broadly based than in roseonivea and less strongly falcate.

Holotype ♂

BORNEO: Sarawak, Malang [Matang?], 1800ft, May 1902 (Shelford), BM noctuid slide 20934.

Paratypes

1♂ (slide 20935) BRUNEI as above but Oct 1978 (H.S. Barlow)
1♂ (slide 20508) SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.), Site 8, February, Camp 1, Mulu, 150m. 385470, mixed dipt. for.
2♂♂ (slide 26467) INDONESIA: Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Barito Ulu 2001, at Busang / Rekut River Junction, 0° 03’ S, 113°59’ E, viii.2001 (G. Martin).

Taxonomic note

Two further males (illustrated) of the same general facies type, somewhat intemediate between roseonivea and roseonivoides, could not be assigned to either and could represent further species. One (slide 20517; Fig 348) from 300m in forest of the Ulu Temburong of Brunei has a strongly bowed central section to the pale submarginal of the forewing that terminates posteriorly at a subdorsal angle. The saccus of the male genitalia is trapezoid rather than rounded. The other (slide 20463; Fig 349) is relatively small (7mm), with the grey basal to the submarginals darker and extending further basad. The hindwing submarginal has a distinct kink at one third from the costa as in carneola Hampson (see below). The valves of the genitalia are slightly broader than in roseonivoides, especially centrally, where the central process lacks the curvature seen in roseonivoides; they resemble more those of rhodocraspis Druce.