88 INSECTS OF SAMOA. . 



orange spots or marks. Forewings orange ; markings white, slightly and 

 partially edged with black scales in disc ; an irregular-edged oblique basal fascia ; 

 an irregular curved-oblique fascia at \, widest on costa ; a narrow acutely 

 angulated median fascia, sending from angle a slightly curved streak to tornus ; 

 a very oblique streak from costa about § to middle of termen, enclosing a short 

 black line from costa ; apical projection black, preceded on costa by a short 

 inwardly oblique black mark edged white on both sides : cilia white, a short 

 curved black shade from base of apical projection beneath, tornal cilia tinged 

 yellowish. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Upolu, Mulifanua, November ; 1 ex. Also 3 from Ellice Islands (Nui and 

 Funafuti), September. 



50. Labdia internexa, n. sp. 



$ 10 mm. Head pale orange, face white. Antennae white, basal j? dotted 

 dark fuscous, apical portion with three dark fuscous bands, scape wholly white. 

 Palpi white, second joint with basal third and subapical ring grey -yellowish, 

 terminal joint with yellowish submedian and blackish subapical band. Thorax 

 orange. Forewings orange ; markings ochreous- whitish, mostly edged black 

 scales ; a slender basal fascia ; four narrow irregular rather oblique fasciae, 

 a slender bar from middle of first to costal end of second, second and third 

 joined by a slender upward bar in disc, fourth running to middle of termen 

 but reduced on its lower half to black posterior margin ; some blackish-grey 

 suffusion on costa before first of these, and subcostal spots of blackish-grey 

 suffusion beyond first and second : cilia whitish-orange, base orange, on middle 

 of termen with some dark grey scales. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, June ; 1 ex. This and the three preceding 

 species are allied together, and the rather complex markings may probably 

 vary somewhat in detail, but the palpi and anteimae afford reliable characters. 



51. Labdia dicarpa, n. sp. 



$ 7 mm. Head shining prismatic whitish-grey, face whitish. Antennae 

 whitish-grey. Palpi whitish, terminal joint anteriorly suffused grey. Thorax 

 grey. Forewings dark grey ; irregular-edged pale ochreous-yellowish spots 

 on dorsum near base and before tornus reaching about half across wing : cilia 

 grey. Hindwings light grey, margins darker, apical third suffused dark grey ; 

 cilia light grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, April ; 1 ex., with one forewing missing. 



