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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



in disc ; costa with indistinct paired short whitish strigulae ; an irregular leaden 

 streak forming anterior margin of ocellus, and one close before termen from near 

 apex to near tornus, its upper extremity connected by a stria with penultimate 

 and antepenultimate pairs of costal strigulae ; a blackish longitudinal mark 

 in disc about f , and one between this and apex : cilia reddish-ochreous-grey. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey ; in a light grey expansible hairpencil from 

 base to middle lying along a supramedian groove, veins 3 and 4 approximated 

 only (not connate). 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, February, June, July ; 8 ex. I have also 

 an unquestionable <$ example (somewhat larger, 14 mm.) from Ceylon, Haputale ; 

 the species is therefore probably not indigenous in Samoa, but has been imported 

 with its food-plant. 



11. Ancylis enneametra, n. sp. 



9 9 mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi dark grey. Forewings termen 

 deeply concave beneath falcate apex ; white ; anterior f of costa with five 

 blackish dots, remainder narrowly blackish with four oblique white strigulae ; 

 dorsal half suffused grey narrowed posteriorly to tornus ; an irregular dark 

 fuscous shade across base of subapical excavation, confluent with a grey spot 

 representing interior of ocellus ; cilia grey, on costa dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia light grey. 



Upolu, Apia, March ; 1 ex. 



12. Crocidosema plebeiana Zell. 



Upolu, Aleipata, Lalomanu, Apia ; Savaii, Tuasivi, Fagamalo ; several 

 ex. Now cosmopolitan, including records from Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, and New 

 Zealand ; the larva feeds on Hibiscus and other cultivated Malvaceae, with 

 which it is introduced. Probably its original home is South America. 



13. Eucosma favicolor, n. sp. 



mm. Head white, sidetufts greyish-ochreous. Palpi brownish- 

 ochreous, terminal joint and apex of second white. Thorax brownish mixed 

 dark grey. Forewings moderately broad, costa moderately arched, without 

 fold, termen straight, little oblique ; ochreous-brownish irregularly strigulated 

 dark fuscous, towards costa posteriorly more ochreous ; anterior half of costa 

 strigulated blackish, some purplish suffusion beneath this ; some irregular 



