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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



rests on fold and represents plical stigma ; an ill-defined transverse blotch from 

 middle of costa reaching half across wing, its lowest portion representing a large 

 first discal stigma, obliquely beyond plical ; posterior half of wing irregularly 

 suffused grey except in disc, second discal stigma well-marked, a streak of grey 

 suffusion between discal stigmata but not touching them ; a marginal series of 

 dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen to before tornus : 

 cilia pale whitish-grey. Hindwings light grey ; cilia paler. 

 Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, July ; 1 ex. 



Syngenomictis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 f , scape elongate, with slight but well-marked pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint with rough scales beneath, distinctly furrowed, terminal 

 joint longer than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Ovipositor long, projecting. Forewings 16 furcate, 2 

 from about f, 3-5 nearly parallel, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond 

 middle. Hindwings f , trapezoidal, termen slightly sinuate beneath apex, cilia 

 nearly 1 ; 2 from f of cell, 3-5 separate but somewhat approximated towards 

 base, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



Belongs to group of Epithectis. 



27. Syngenomictis aenictopa, n. sp. 



$ 18 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders dark fuscous. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish, scape and base of stalk dark fuscous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, basal half of second joint dark fuscous, terminal joint lined 

 blackish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a dark 

 fuscous costal line from base to f , posteriorly slightly thickened and suffused 

 beneath ; plical and second discal stigmata small, dark fuscous ; some fuscous 

 suffusion towards apex, a short darker fuscous line along apical part of costa, 

 extreme terminal edge fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous, on termen tinged fuscous, 

 above apex a patch of fuscous suffusion. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



Upolu, Apia, June ; 1 ex. Also 1 ex. seen from New Hebrides. 



28. Platyedra gossypiella, Saund. 

 Upolu, Aleipata, Lalomanu, November ; 1 ex. The notorious pest of the 

 cotton-plant. 



