i6 Renticc P. Bishop Museum— Bulletin 



Actaea speciosa (Dana). 



Aclaea speciosa Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 143, 1898. 



The species is distributed from the Persian Gulf and the Central Indian 

 Ocean to Ceylon and is also known from Guam, Samoa, Funafuti and 

 northward to Hawaii. Four specimens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Actaea garretti Rathbun. 



Actaea garretti Rathbun, Bull. U. S. Fish. Conini., vol. 23. pt. 3. p. 852, pi. 9. 

 fig. 8, 1906. 



Previous records of the species are from such widely separated regions 

 as Mauritius, the Chagos .Archipelago, Kingsniill Islands, the Society 

 Islands and Hawaii. 



One specimen was taken at Palmyra Island. 



Actaea cavipes (Dana). 



Aetaeodes cavipes Dana. U. S. Expl. Exped.. vol. 13. Crust., p. 199, 1852; pi. 11. 

 figs. Sa and 5b, 1855. 



The species is known from Mauritius and the Chagos .\rchipelago to 

 the Persian Gulf and eastward to India. Records in the Pacific include 

 Funafuti, Fiji, Samoa, the Society Islands and the Tuamotus. Five speci- 

 mens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Daira perlata (Herbst). 



Daira perlata Alcock, Journ. .Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 155, 1898. 



The species is known from Mauritius, Christmas Island, the Chagos 

 Archipelago and through the Indo-Pacific region to the Liu Kiu Islands 

 and eastward to Samoa and Tahiti. No records are known for Hawaii. 

 Five specimens were collected at Palmyr.-i and 3 at Fanning Island. 



Xanthias lamarckii (Milne F.dwards). 



Xaiithodes lamarckii .Alcock, Journ. .Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67. p. 157, 1898. 



The range of the species in the Indian Ocean is from Madagascar and 

 Mauritius to Ceylon. Localities in the Pacific from which it has been 

 reported include the Philippines, Torres Straits, Funafuti, Samoa, the 

 Society Islands and the Tuamotus. No record is known for Hawaii. 



One specimen was taken at Palmyra and 2~ at Fanning Island. 



