MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



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Antennae <$ strongly lamellate (1|), minutely ciliated. Abdomen with 

 ochreous-whitish hairpencils lying along each side from near base. Forewings 

 termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; rather deep moss-green, with 

 small irregular spots of shining metallic emerald-green irroration ; numerous 

 small blackish tufts tipped posteriorly whitish-green and preceded by more 

 or less deep fuscous or sap-green suffusion sometimes slightly coppery-tinged, 

 these forming about nine spots on costa, a mark in disc towards base, a spot in 

 disc at \, a transverse blotch in disc at §, dots towards costa about 4 and middle, 

 one in disc beneath middle, a subdorsal series of four, a more or less expressed 

 incomplete transverse series from penultimate costal spot interrupted above 

 middle, and a complete series of seven from last costal spot to tornus sinuate 

 inwards above middle : cilia light dull greenish. Hind wings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Apia, 1,000 feet; June, October, December; 

 4 ex. Extremely similar to Ph. prasinochroa, of Sydney, New South Wales, 

 being identical in structure, markings, and colour, except that Ph. prasinochroa 

 is apparently paler in colouring (but I have never seen fresh examples), possesses 

 some black marking preceding the sinuation of the praemarginal line which is 

 quite absent in Ph. bryophylla, and is without the abdominal hairpencils of 

 <§. Neither species is known to me as occurring in any other locality, nor any- 

 thing at all near them. The close and interesting resemblance in colour and 

 details of markings to some species of Carposina indicates the real affinity 

 between the families, which is shown also in all the structure except the dis- 

 tinguishing neuration of hindwings. 



Heliodinidae 

 76. Vanicela haliphanes, n. sp. 



13-14 mm. Head, palpi shining white. Thorax white, posterior 

 margin dark grey. Forewings shining white ; a dark bronzy-grey streak 

 occupying nearly dorsal half of wing, its lower half shining blue-purple, upper 

 edge sinuate towards | of wing, shortly triangular-prominent at middle and f , 

 finely attenuated on termen and not reaching apex ; a cloudy blackish dot 

 towards apex, whence a slight streak of grey suffusion runs into apex : cilia 

 light grey, round costa and apical part of termen white. Hindwings and cilia 

 light grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Apia, June, December ; 2 ex. Nearest the 



New Zealand V. disjunctella. 



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