30 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



angulated partly in cilia and running obliquely and attenuated along termen 

 to beneath anteapical spot : cilia light grey, two or three indistinct whitish 

 basal dots on upper part of termen. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Upolu, Vailima, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, June ; 3 ex. Also 1 from Tutuila 

 {J udd) in Bishop Museum. 



56. Labdia properans, n. sp. 



<? 9 mm. Head, antennae, palpi white, eyes crimson. Thorax white,, 

 tegulae dark fuscous. Forewings dark fuscous ; a rather broad white streak 

 along costa from base to \, thence leaving costa and finely attenuated to disc 

 above middle ; an oblique ochreous-white blotch from costa somewhat beyond 

 middle ; a triangular whitish-ochreous spot on costa towards apex partly in 

 cilia ; a rather thick ochreous-white streak along dorsum from base to tornus, 

 rather protuberant before extremity ; a white apical dot : cilia grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia grey. 



Tutuila, Pago Pago, December ; 1 ex. 



57. Labdia hastifera Meyr. 



Upolu, Apia ; Savai'i, Fagamalo ; Tutuila ; February, March, November % 

 9 ex. in all. Also common in Fiji, where the type was obtained (Exot. Micr. 

 ii, 318), and in Tonga. 



58. Labdia promacha Meyr. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, Vailima, February, July, October; Savai'i,. 

 Tuasivi ; 5 ex. Also occurs in India, Ceylon, Java, Formosa, and East Australia. 

 Very like hastifera, but immediately separated by the unringed (at most dotted), 

 antennae. Larva feeding in stems of Cajanus and probably other Leguminosae, 

 with which it is no doubt artificially transported, but presumably a refuse- 

 feeder. 



59. Labdia holopetra, n. sp. 



<J$ 7 mm. Head dark bronzy-grey, face whitish. Palpi ochreous-white,. 

 terminal joint suffused grey. Antennae pale grey. Thorax bronzy-grey. 

 Forewings unicolorous glossy rather dark grey : cilia ochreous-grey, paler 

 towards tips. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, June ; 3 ex. Nearly approaches the Fijian 

 L. petroxesta, but in that species the head is pale ochreous, except the centre 

 of the crown. 



