Lepidoptera from the South Pacific. 241 



Sameodes, Snell. 



86. Sameodes cancellalis, Z. 



On the identification and synonymy of this species, 

 cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., xxi., 202. 



Fiji (Lucas); one specimen. Occurs also in Eastern 

 AustraUa, Celebes, Java, Ceylon, India, Maui'itius, and 

 Africa. 



Genus (?). 



Forehead rounded, oblique; ocelli present; ton^e well de- 

 veloped. Antennae four-fifths of fore wings (?), in male (9). Labial 

 palpi rather long, straight, porrected, second joint stout, with 

 appressed scales, tenninal joint rather short, stout, cylindrical, 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform. Posterior tibite in 

 female wdth outer spurs half inner. Fore wings ^vith vein 10 

 approximated to 9, 11 very oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore 

 wings ; veins 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 out of 6 near origin. 

 anastomosing with 8 to near middle. 



In the absence of the male it is impossible to locate 

 the following species with certainty ; the palpi are rather 

 peculiar, and the genus may be distinct ; at present it 

 seems sufficient to indicate the generic characters so far 

 as they can be discerned from the female, without 

 adding a name. 



87. octoguttalis, Feld. 



Botys octoguttalis, Feld., Eeis. Nov., pi. cxxxv., 38. 



? , 22 mm. Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, and legs whitish 

 ochreous ; palpi suffused with fuscous except towards base. Legs 

 ochreous-white. Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa sinuate, 

 apex rounded, hind margin very obhque, shghtly roimded ; greyish 

 fuscous ; costa narrowly suffused with ochreous-yellow ; four semi- 

 hyahne white spots, laterally margined with dark fuscous ; first 

 small, subquadi-ate, beneath costa at one-fourth ; second lar^^er, 

 trapezoidal, beneath costa before middle, its anterior margin united 

 above with that of first ; third suboval, transverse, beneath and 

 obliquely beyond second, touching lower margin of second ; fourth 

 oblong, transverse, beneath costa at two-thu-ds, its posterior dark 

 margin produced to costa; a moderately broad ochreous-yellow 

 hind-marginal band, upper two-fifths suddenly much narrower and 

 anteriorly suffused ; ciUa Ught yellow. Hind wdngs gi-eyish fuscous ; 

 an irregular darker median line, about which are two or three very 



