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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



23. Argyroploce agathopis, n. sp. 



9 12-13 mm. Head whitish-grey-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joint with indistinct grey bar. Thorax in one specimen ochreous-whitish, 

 in the other greyish with ochreous tegulae, crest sprinkled dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; ochreous-whitish, irregularly 

 striated or marbled pale blue-grey, but leaving ochreous-whitish striae on 

 margins of dark markings ; markings brown or fuscous, somewhat mixed and 

 partially edged dark fuscous ; rather narrow irregular oblique fasciae near base 

 and before middle variably developed ; a moderate rather oblique fascia from 

 costa beyond middle reaching f across wing, its apex prominent posteriorly ; 

 a spot on costa beyond this, one at apex, and two small spots between these ; 

 a subtriangular blotch on dorsum before tornus ; a rather inwards-oblique 

 fascia from termen above tornus expanded into a rounded or irregular blotch 

 in disc : cilia ochreous-whitish or ochreous, fuscous on markings. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, April, June ; 2 ex. Allied to the green 

 mniochlora group. 



Gelechiadae * 



24. Pityocona porphyroscia, n. sp. 



c?$ 8-10 mm. Head glossy ochreous-whitish, crown sometimes tinged 

 grey centrally. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with base sprinkled fuscous 

 and suffused dark fuscous subapical band, terminal joint with dark fuscous 

 supramedian band, base and tip sometimes dark grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings narrowed posteriorly, obtuse-pointed ; 6 out of 8 near base ; grey, 

 minutely strigulated or speckled darker, with prismatic reflections, costal 

 area broadly suffused deep purplish ; a more or less developed streak of pale 

 ochreous suffusion along fold from base to plical stigma, and another usually 

 less marked connecting discal stigmata and extended to apex ; costa minutely 

 dotted ochreous-whitish except towards apex, a larger dot at f ; a small black 

 dot beneath costa near base ; a large black dot on fold midway between plical 

 stigma and base, one beneath costa at f , and three forming stigmata, discal rather 



* In deference to the author, the name of this family, although it does not conform to Article 

 4 of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature has been allowed to stand as written. — 

 E. E. Austen. 



