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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



132. Crypsithyris sciophracta, n. sp. 



7 mm. Head grey-whitish, hairs of forehead infuscated. Palpi whitish. 

 Thorax dark grey sprinkled whitish. Forewings grey irregularly irrorated 

 dark fuscous and grey-whitish ; discal impression large, whitish-hyaline, darker 

 suffusion appearing to indicate a transverse fascia beyond this : cilia whitish- 

 grey sprinkled dark fuscous. Hind wings dark grey ; cilia grey. I . 

 Upolu, Apia, November ; 1 ex. 



133. Tmea pachyspila Meyr. 



Upolu, Apia, May ; 6 ex. Occurs also in India, Ceylon, Africa, Seychelles, 

 and Java ; a domestic species, the larva case-bearing, probably feeding on 

 woollen fragments. The larval cases were common in the Hospital Laboratory, 

 Apia : the larvae were never observed to eat anything 



134. Setomorpha rutella Zell. 



Upolu, Apia, February, August, reared from larvae feeding in fowls' 

 excrement and from rotten breadfruit, which had been riddled by fly-larvae and 

 then begun to dry up ; 16 ex. Occurs throughout America, Africa, the warmer 

 parts of Asia and East Australia to Fiji and Hawaii, artificially spread ; the 

 larva feeding on a great variety of dry animal and vegetable substances. 



135. Cyathaula maculata Meyr. 

 One example, stated to be Samoan, but without exact locality. 



(Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886, 289) from a specimen from Tonga ; 

 in Fiji and New Hebrides. Larva feeds under bark of dead timber. 



136. Trachycentra chlorogramma Meyr. 

 Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Apia, July ; 2 ex. Found commonly (with 

 other species of the genus) in the Solomon Isles, which are probably its home ; 

 occurs also in Fiji. Larva not known, but probably feeding in dead wood. 



137. Trachycentra calamias Meyr. 

 Upolu, Aleipata, Lalomanu, Apia, June, November ; 2 ex. Described 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886, 288) from Tonga ; occurs also in Fiji. 



Described 

 occurs also 



