408 Mr. Butler's descriptions of Lepidoptera- 



with pale yellowish scales, making the apical third abruptly paler 

 than the remainder of the dark portion of the wing ; pectus 

 whitish, tinted with foxy red ; venter greyish chocolate. Expanse 

 of wings, 35 mm. 



Samoa Islands. 



45. Gonitis vitiensis, n. s. 



5 . Primaries above reddish chocolate or coffee-brown, trans- 

 versely mottled with darker brown and black ; inner line more or 

 less abbreviated, only visible below the cell ; outer line biangulated, 

 forming a simple rectangular zigzag; both lines dark brown; 

 a diffused discal whitish- cinereous belt bounding the outer line 

 externally ; a subapical subsigmoidal line immediately beyond the 

 whitish band ; external margin blackish ; discoidal spots barely 

 visible, the orbicular spot indicated by a white point, and the reni- 

 form by two black dots ; secondaries fuliginous-grey, gradually 

 paler towards base ; fringe of the outer margin with a slender white 

 basal line, of abdominal margin wholly white ; thorax red-brown, 

 abdomen fuliginous -grey ; under surface nearly as in the preceding 

 species, but without the whitish apical costal patch. Expanse of 

 wings, 36 mm. 



Viti Islands. 



Var. $ . Darker than the type, and without any whitish band 

 across the primaries. Expanse of wings, 36 mm. 



Viti Islands. 



46. Gonitis vulpina, n. s. 



Primaries above bright foxy red, decidedly brighter than the 

 allied G. revocans of Australia, the lines across the wings similar 

 in form, excepting that the central line is abruptly elbowed out- 

 wards from submedian vein, and that all the lines are a little better 

 denned ; orbicular spot prominent, small, rounded, creamy white ; 

 reniform spot represented by two small rounded grey spots; 

 secondaries creamy whitish, with the veins and a broad external 

 border dull rose-red or pale vinous ; thorax bright foxy red, almost 

 orange; abdomen whitish, banded with pale fuscous, slightly 

 tinted with vinous at anal extremity; primaries below silvery 

 whitish, washed with flesh-tint excepting along internal area, a 

 diffused patch of dull rose-red covering the discoidal area ; a white- 

 edged oblique vinous line crossing the disc ; apical border golden 

 brown, fringe darker brown ; secondaries sericeous-white, with the 

 costal area broadly irrorated with dull rose-colour ; a darker 



