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Etisodes electra (Herbst). 



Etisodcs electra Alcock, Journ, Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 133, 1898. 



The species is known from Mauritius, the Seychelles, the Chagos Archi- 

 pelago and the Red Sea eastward through the Indian Ocean, and in the 

 Pacific from Murray Island, Australia, to the Tuamotus and northward to 

 Hawaii. Five specimens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Actaea affinis (Dana). 



Actaeodes affinis Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 197, 1852; pi. 11, 

 fig. 3, 185S. 



The species is known from the Chagos Archipelago and the Nicobars 

 but is apparently not widely distributed through the Indian Ocean. In the 

 Pacific there are records from the Philippines, Japan, Rotuma, the Society 

 Islands, the Tuamotus and Hawaii. It is very common in Hawaii. Six 

 specimens were collected at Palmyra and 37 at Fanning Island. 



Actaea rufopunctata (Milne Edwards), 



Actaea rufopunctata .\lcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 142, 1898. 



The species ranges froin Mauritius and the Red Sea through the Indian 

 and Pacific Oceans to China, Fiji, Funafuti, Tahiti, the Tuamotus and 

 Hawaii. It is also known from the Mediterranean, the Canaries, Madeira, 

 and the South Atlantic. 



Two specimens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Actaea hirsutissima (Riippell). 



Actaea hirsutissima Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 141, 1898. 



The species is distributed through the Indian Ocean and into the 

 Pacific to Japan, northeast Australia, Samoa, Tahiti and Hawaii. Three 

 specimens were taken at Palmyra Island. 



Actaea ruppellii (Krauss). 



Actaea ruppellii Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 144, 1898. 



The species is widely distributed through the Indian Ocean and has also 

 been reported from the Malay Archipelago and from north and north- 

 east Australia. One specimen was collected at Palmyra Island. 



