MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



Ill 



117. Pisistrata trypheropa Meyr. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Mulifanua ; Tutuila, Pago Pago ; Savai'i, 

 Tuasivi, Fagamalo ; April, June, November, December ; 10 ex. in all. Also 

 15 in Bishop Museum. Described, Exot. Micr. iii, 81. 



118. Erechthias zebrina Butl. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, June (Armstrong) ; 1 ex. Occurs also in 

 India, China, Ceylon, Java, Borneo, Seychelles, Fiji, Hawaii, South America, 

 and Antilles. Has been bred from wasps' nests, but probably the larva feeds 

 on any dry vegetable material, with which it is introduced in hot climates. 



119. Decadarchis minuscula Wals. 



Upolu, Apia, May ; 6 ex. Occurs also in West and South Africa, Ceylon, 

 Java, East Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Mexico, and Antilles ; artificially spread, 

 the larva feeding in dry stems, leaves, pods, etc. The specimens from Apia 

 were bred, with a variety of beetles, etc., from Cacao pods, which had withered 

 and rotted without falling from the trees. 



120. Decadarchis sphenotona, n. sp. 



10 mm. Head, thorax ochreous- whitish. Palpi rough-haired beneath 

 throughout, ochreous- whitish, a line of dark fuscous scales on second joint 

 externally. Forewings whitish ; a short thick oblique light greyish-ochreous 

 streak from costa at \ ; a broad wedge-shaped, very oblique brownish-ochreous 

 blotch darker posteriorly, resting partly on costa before middle, its apex extend- 

 ing in disc to f , separated by a white line from a very oblique ochreous-yellow 

 and pale grey streak from costa at f , which is again separated by a white line 

 from a blackish streak extending along apical fourth of costa ; oblique ochreous- 

 fuscous streaks from dorsum at \ and § reaching fold, and a dash above tornus ; 

 a small blackish apical spot : cilia white, above apex tinged ochreous with a 

 dark fuscous line. Hindwings light grey ; an expansible pencil of ochreous- 

 whitish hairs from base of costa reaching to beyond middle ; cilia grey becoming 

 whitish round apex. 



Upolu, Apia, February ; 1 ex. 



121. Decadarchis inculta, n. sp. 



9 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, slightly speckled dark fuscous, 

 rough-scaled beneath throughout. Thorax whitish irrorated grey. Forewings 



