MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



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narrow blackish-grey rings. Palpi whitish, subapical band of second joint and 

 median band of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax light yellow- ochreous. Fore- 

 wings very narrow ; yellow-ochreous, speckled dark fuscous, on costal half 

 more densely and sufTusedly irrorated ; a small blackish apical spot : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, above apex with blackish antemedian line, before this dark 

 grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, June ; 1 ex. Seemingly reared (larval 

 No. 688), but without particulars. Not near any Australian form, but apparently 

 much like the Indian B. orinarcha. 



Carposinidae 



71. Meridarchis zymota Meyr. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Apia ; Tutuila, Pago Pago, Amauli ; 1 ex., 

 and 3 others in Bishop Museum. Also occurs in New Guinea and North 

 Australia. 



72. Carposina carcinopa, n. sp. 



(J$ 10-12 mm. Head, thorax white, shoulders tinged brownish. Palpi 

 white, externally brownish except apex of joints, second joint more or less irrorated 

 dark fuscous. Forewings suboblong, termen straight, rather oblique ; white, 

 irregularly tinged greyish-ochreous except along costa ; markings brown, tufted 

 and white-tipped posteriorly ; a basal patch extending on costa to \, but very 

 narrow on dorsum, including a white median basal spot, towards costa irrorated 

 blackish ; a moderate transverse spot on costa at § reaching \ across wing, 

 marked black at lower anterior angle, sometimes forming a short dash, and 

 five irregular dots or small spots on costa between this and apex ; a dot in disc 

 at \ and transverse mark beneath this ; a small transverse mark beneath middle 

 of disc ; a transverse-oval spot on end of cell, more or less marked black above 

 and posteriorly edged clear white on these margins ; a small spot obliquely 

 before and above this, sometimes distinctly circled white, from beyond this 

 an irregular indistinct shade running beneath costa and then subterminal to 

 tornus ; a terminal series of cloudy dots : cilia white, basal area faintly barred 

 brownish. Hindwings whitish ; cilia white. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, April to June, December ; 15 ex. 



