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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



127. Decadarchis ancostyla, n. sp. 



] 6 mm. Head, thorax white, shoulders blackish. Palpi whitish irrorated 

 blackish externally, beneath with long rough whitish hairscales throughout. 

 Forewings ochreous-white ; a thick irregular blackish-fuscous streak from base 

 of costa above middle to f , lower edge biundulate, apex pointed and receiving 

 an oblique blackish streak from costa at f , costal area above its posterior half 

 suffused light fuscous ; an elongate blackish-fuscous spot on costa at § ; some 

 slight light fuscous speckling on dorsal area ; some slight fuscous suffusion and 

 a series of scattered coarse black scales from disc beneath apex of streak to apex 

 of wing, forming a fine transverse line on base of upturned apical portion and 

 then interrupted just before apical spot : cilia whitish, at apex with a fuscous 

 subbasal line (imperfect). Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 

 Upolu, Apia, May ; 1 ex. 



128. Comodica lucinda, n. sp. 



7 mm. (Head missing.) Forewings light orange ; base suffused dark 

 fuscous ; rather broad white suffusion along costa, narrowed posteriorly ; very 

 oblique dark fuscous streaks from costa before \ and about middle reaching 

 half across wing, second followed by an attenuated white streak edged blackish 

 posteriorly and terminating in a blackish tornal spot ; a very oblique blackish 

 streak from costa about f , curved up to apex ; a slender blackish median streak 

 from basal suffusion to tornal spot ; a thick oblique blackish streak from dorsum 

 at 5 running into median streak, another less thick and more oblique from middle 

 of dorsum curved and attenuated to apex of tornal spot, and an elongate spot 

 on dorsum, beyond this : cilia whitish tinged orange towards base, at apex with 

 two or three diverging blackish lines (imperfect). (Hindwings missing.) 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, April ; 1 ex. Notwithstanding the imper- 

 fect condition of the type, this species is so recognisable, and so obviously allied 

 to but distinct from the Australian C. tigrina, that it can be safely described ; 

 it is certainly interesting enough to deserve description. 



TlNEIDAE 



Marmaroxena, n. g. 



Head shortly rough-haired ; ocelli posterior ; tongue (apparently) developed. 

 Antennae over 1, in somewhat stout, filiform, simple, scape short, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi rather long, curved, ascending, slender, with appressed 



