INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



The amount of variation in colour is great, ranging from a nearly immacu- 

 late pale tegmen to the dark, banded type. Most 

 species of this genus liave a great range of colour 

 variation. 



This species was previously known to occur in 



Tutuila. It is very closely allied to A. tortricomorpha 



(Kirk.) and A. vitiensis (Kirk.), and all three may 



possibly be the same species. 

 Text-fig. 1.- — Andes lamo- 

 noni (Muir), male geni- 

 talia, lateral view. . 



Ptolerla Stal 

 2. Ptoleria baumanensis (Muir). Fig. 2. 



Austroloma baumanensis Muir, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IV, 3, p. 568, f. 7, 7a. 

 1921. 



Upolu : Malololelei, twelve specimens ; Vailima, five 

 specimens ; Mt. Vaea, one specimen ; Apia, two specimens. 

 (At all times of the year.) 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, twenty specimens ; Afono Trail, 

 six specimens ; Fagasa, four specimens, ix.l923 (Swezey and 

 Wilder). 



Savaii : Salailua, two specimens, v. 1924 (Bryan). 

 Previously described from a specimen from Tutuila. 

 There is considerable variation in colour. The Upolu 

 specimens have the pattern more distinct than the others ; 

 those from Savaii are the darkest, and those from Tutuila the lightest. 



Text-fig. 2. — Ptolera 

 baumanensis Muir, 

 sp. n., aedeagus 

 and anal segment, 

 lateral view. 



3. Ptoleria wilkesi (Muir) 

 - Austroloma tvtlkesi Muir, Proc. Haiv. Ent. Soc, IV, 3, p. 568, f. 16. 1921. 

 Tutuila : Pago Pago, eighteen specimens ; Afono Trail, three female 

 specimens, ix.l925 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Savaii : Salailua, one female (Bryan), 21. v. 1924. 

 Previously known to occur in Tutuila. 



4. Ptoleria buxtoni sp. n. Fig. 3. 

 Male ; length 2-3 mm. ; tegmen 3-7 mm. 



Lateral margins of pygofer subangularly produced in middle ; genital 



