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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Orneodidae 

 73. Orneodes amalopis, n. sp. 



$ 9 mm. Head white, crown infuscated. Palpi curved, equally loosely 

 scaled throughout, white, terminal joint § of second, with basal and subapical 

 dark fuscous rings. Thorax white, tips of tegulae speckled fuscous. Fore- 

 wings white ; markings pale fuscous, minutely darker-striated ; first segment 

 with some slight mottling towards base, narrow oblique bars at ^ and beyond 

 middle, a cloudy posterior fascia and anteapical spot ; segments 2-6 with five 

 irregular fasciae dotted blackish on both margins and praeapical series of spots 

 dotted black anteriorly, white spaces between these not much narrower than 

 fasciae : cilia white, tinged grey on fasciae. Hindwings as forewings, but 

 fasciae narrow, first segment similar to the rest. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, December ; 1 ex. Belongs to group of 

 pygmaea, but distinct. 



COPROMORPHIDAE 



74. Copromorpha orthidias, n. sp. 



$ 16 mm. Head white, forehead tinged violet-fuscous. Palpi fuscous, 

 apex of second joint and base and apex of terminal white. Antennae lamellate 

 (nearly 2). Thorax white, shoulders sprinkled pale fuscous. Forewings costa 

 gently arched, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; white, bases of scales 

 light grey, irregularly scattered rather long dark fuscous strigulae ; seven or 

 eight small dark fuscous spots on costa ; dark fuscous blotches in disc at \ and 

 §, edged posteriorly by raised scales white posteriorly, first connected with 

 dorsum by a less dark similar bar, beneath second a patch of grey suffusion 

 obscurely connected with dorsum ; a small suffused dark fuscous triangular 

 spot beneath costa at f ; an irregular terminal fascia of grey suffusion : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish barred grey. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate ; whitish ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, December ; 1 ex. Nearest to the much larger 

 Fijian C. gypsota. 



75. Phycomorpha bryophylla, n. sp. 



19-23 mm. Head, thorax moss-green. Palpi green, second joint 

 with two darker bars, terminal joint with a darker band beneath whitish tip. 



