74 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



third are blue-leaden, others dark fuscous ; rest of costa dark fuscous with 

 seven pairs of white strigulae, first two pairs emitting short oblique blue-leaden 

 strigae, third a very oblique blue-leaden stria which runs to join apex of an 

 erect silvery streak from tornus, fifth a curved blue-leaden striga which runs 

 to apex of seventh ; from before third pair a very oblique wedge-shaped dark 

 fuscous streak runs to disc at |, with a projection from middle of anterior edge ; 

 from middle of dorsum a rather oblique slender dark fuscous streak terminating 

 in a crescentic spot in disc, on each side of this a blue-leaden stria, some blue- 

 leaden marking in disc before this ; several dark fuscous and blue-leaden marks 

 in disc towards termen ; a dark fuscous spot extending along lower half of termen 

 to tornus, with a projection cutting the silvery streak, an apical spot, and a 

 terminal dot between these : cilia fuscous with two pale yellow median bars 

 (imperfect). Hind wings 3 and 4 stalked ; dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



Samoan Islands, but without specific locality ; 1 ex. Very distinct. 



16. Eucosma defensa Meyr. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, February, April ; 9 ex., one of these bred 

 from rotten breadfruit, perhaps an accidental association, as the normal food- 

 habit is given below. Described (Exot. Micr. ii, 517) from a specimen from 

 Fiji, also occurring in New Hebrides, but afterwards obtained freely in the 

 Malay States, and probably introduced thence into the Pacific region, bred in 

 both regions from larvae feeding on leaves of Pongamia and Dalbergia 

 (Leguminosae). 



17. Eucosma samoana Reb. 



Described (Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamb. xxxii, 153, 1915) as follows (an 

 abbreviated translation) : 



9 18 (19) mm. Palpi twice diameter of head. General colouring grey : 

 forewings with darker striae and blackish-brown markings, consisting of a 

 streak on fold from base angularly bent before middle and running to dorsum, 

 a small oval spot beneath middle of costa prolonged in a black longitudinal 

 streak to beneath apex, and a rounded dorsal spot before tornus ; costa dark- 

 spotted, with indistinct whitish strigulae, two longer pairs towards apex more 

 conspicuous. Hindwings blackish. 



The description cannot refer to any insect in this collection, and I do not 

 recognise it as any species known to me. As only the $ was known, it might be- 

 a Spilonota, which is in fact more probable. 



