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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



113. Opogona euprosopis, n. sp. 



ffi 9-13 rum. Head dark purplish-fuscous, fillet and face shining ochreous- 

 whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish. Thorax pale yellow, shoulders dark fuscous. 

 Forewings pale yellow ; markings dark purple-fuscous ; a streak along basal 

 fourth of costa (only in one example extended to following spot) ; a small 

 semioval spot on middle of costa ; a blackish dot in disc somewhat obliquely 

 beyond this (absent in one specimen), another at origin of dorsal cilia 

 (these seldom connected by a fine angulated mark), and a slender irregular 

 streak from this along termen, sometimes partially obsolete, to an irregular- 

 edged apical spot: cilia pale yellowish, near base sprinkled purplish. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Vailima, Apia, February, May to August, 

 December ; 10 ex. Also 6 others in Bishop Museum, including 2 from Savai'i, 

 Safune (Bryan). Allied to the preceding, but obviously distinct as shown by the 

 yellow thorax ; the markings of forewings vary. 



114. Hieroxestis tyriopla, n. sp. 



13-14 mm. Head, thorax coppery-purplish-bronze, fillet, face, and 

 palpi ochreous-whitish, occipital rough fringe very slight. Forewings bright 

 deep purple-blue, bases of scales whitish-ochreous, forming a fine transverse 

 striolation, extreme costal edge ochreous-white ; a pale yellow triangular dorsal 

 patch from base to middle of wing, leaving a thick costal streak, outer edge 

 rather oblique ; a pale yellow elongate-triangular costal spot towards apex : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous or whitish-yellowish, base somewhat mixed grey. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia light greyish-ochreous. 



Upolu, Apia, February, August, November ; 3 ex., bred from larvae feeding 

 on excrement of fowls. 



115. Hieroxestis citrinodes Meyr. 



Upolu, Apia, January ; 1 ex. Described (Exot. Micr. ii, 559) from a speci- 

 men from Fiji, where it was bred from decayed cow-peas (fruits of Vigna sinensis). 



116. Diachalastis tetraglossa Meyr. 



Tutuila, Pago Pago, December ; 1 ex. Described (Exot. Micr. ii, 363) 

 from an example from Fiji. 



