MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



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43. Labdia argyropla, n. sp. 



cJ? 7-8 mm. Head shining ochreous- whitish, crown more or less tinged 

 grey, eyes crimson. Palpi white, anterior edge of terminal joint dark grey. 

 Antennae grey, <$ becoming white towards base. Thorax light grey, shoulders 

 silvery, in <$ a lateral ochreous-whitish expansible hairpencil from behind hind- 

 wings lying along abdomen. Abdomen grey, in g two basal segments pale 

 orange, anal tuft and venter ochreous-whitish. Posterior legs whitish, tibiae 

 metallic-blue above on basal half with an erect acute black tuft at end of this 

 area and a blackish ring almost at apex, tarsi blackish-grey with three apical 

 joints white. Fore wings apex acute, produced ; black ; basal third orange 

 on costal half, apparently silvery-metallic on dorsal half to near fascia ; a blue- 

 metallic fascia at f ; in $ an orange dorsal spot in middle of wing ; a broad 

 orange fascia at §, its anterior margin occupied by a blue-metallic black-edged 

 spot except on costa, its posterior margin edged black and followed on costa 

 by a small white spot, on dorsal half by a blue-metallic spot ; in $ the orange 

 colour projects between these spots as an attenuated streak to apex : cilia grey, 

 at apex a suffused white spot. Hindwings and cilia light grey, in $ darker. 



Tutuila, Pago Pago ; Savai'i, Fagamalo ; Upolu, Apia, Malua ; July, 

 November, December ; 4 ex. This might be mistaken for a Cosmojrteryx. The 

 difference in the sexes is considerable, the orange in the $ being so much 

 extended as to appear the ground colour ; but although all the examples are 

 from different localities, I have no doubt that they belong to the same species. 



44. Labdia irigramma, n. sp. 



cJ$ 11 mm. Head orange, face golden- whitish, eyes crimson. Antennae 

 white, basal half dotted blackish-grey, on apical half a broad band and two 

 narrow rings blackish-grey. Palpi white, base tinged orange. Thorax orange. 

 Forewings long-pointed ; orange ; extreme costal edge white ; a fine brilliant 

 iridescent green-blue line at first on base of costa then obliquely deflected to 

 about J ; a similar rhomboidal spot on middle of costa, or subcostal dot with 

 some slight irr oration beneath costa before middle : cilia orange to whitish, 

 beneath tornus tinged grey. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, November ; 2 ex. 



45. Labdia aeolochorda, n. sp. 



$ 11 mm. Head, thorax orange, face whitish-golden, eyes crimson. 



