MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



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60. Persicoptila aesthetica, n. sp. 



cj? 12-15 mm. Head silvery- whitish, eyes crimson. Palpi whitish. 

 Thorax ochreous-whitish. Posterior tibiae white with median and posterior 

 bars in $ faintly pinkish-tinged, in $ distinct, pinkish-ochreous, above with 

 similarly coloured median and larger postmedian triangular tufts tipped dark 

 grey, a dark grey apical ring, in $ a large and very long expansible whitish 

 hairpencil from base above reaching to end of basal joint of tarsus. Forewings 

 <J pale pinkish-ochreous, with faint greyish-ochreous reflections, $ yellow- 

 ochreous suffused rosy-pinkish ; a roundish cloudy grey spot in disc before 

 middle and another near or resting on dorsum directly beneath it or slightly 

 anterior, sometimes nearly meeting ; indistinct grey dots on tornus and in 

 disc at f sometimes perceptible ; a cloudy grey transverse bar towards apex, 

 preceded by whitish suffusion more distinct in $ : cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Upolu, Apia, Vailima, Aleipata, Lalomanu, March to June, August, 

 November ; 12 ex. Also 2 from Tutuila, " leaf -miner on Ipomoea " (Swezey), 

 in Bishop Museum. Nearest P. heroica of New Hebrides, of which the <J has a 

 similar hairpencil. 



61. Persicoptila eurytricha, n. sp. 



cJ 13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, eyes crimson. Palpi whitish. Thorax 

 pale ochreous. Posterior tibiae whitish with large tuft of long rough light 

 rose-pink hairscales mixed and mottled grey extending from near base almost 

 to apex, a dark grey apical ring. Forewings pale ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled 

 grey, or wholly suffused grey except patches on costa at base and f , and at apex ; 

 in the darker specimen a roundish cloudy darker grey spot in middle of disc and 

 another beneath and rather beyond it (first discal and plical stigmata), in the 

 other these are less distinctly indicated ; second discal stigma small, dark grey ; 

 a cloudy dark grey transverse line preceding apex in pale area : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, tinged grey towards tornus. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, terminal 

 edge sometimes tinged grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Apia, April, May ; 2 ex. 



62. Proterocosma triplanetis Meyr. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Vailima ; Savai'i, Fagamalo ; April, June, 

 November, December ; 4 ex. Described (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886, 293) 



