70 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



oblique ; brown ; basal patch with some black strigulae towards costa and a 

 whitish dot on fold, posteriorly suffused leaden-grey with large tufts above and 

 below fold, limited by a narrow somewhat curved dark brown fascia partly edged 

 black ; beyond this six narrow irregular leaden-grey fasciae, third and fourth 

 little marked, sixth terminal, preceded on lower part by several small blackish- 

 grey spots, large tufts above and below fold beneath middle of wing, some 

 small tufts in disc posteriorly ; cilia grey mixed darker. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia pale grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



Upolu, Malololelei, 2,000 feet, April ; 1 ex. Allied to the Indian and 

 Australian P. epidesma, but rather broader-winged and quite distinct. 



Eucosmidae 

 6. Spilonota aphrocymba, n. sp. 



3 14 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint tinged grey externally, 

 extreme tip of terminal joint grey- Antennal notch near base, shallow. Thorax 

 dark grey, posterior margin white, tegulae white with a black spot on inner side 

 and grey spot on shoulder. Anal tuft large, whitish, valvae very elongate. 

 Forewings with broad costal fold from base to § ; white, costal fold dark fuscous, 

 a dark fuscous elongate spot adjacent to its apical portion beneath, and emitting 

 a short projection posteriorly ; some slight grey strigulation on dorsal area : 

 a blackish-fuscous rounded-triangular blotch on tornus ; a fine blackish line 

 from costa at § to termen beneath apex, three slight blackish marks on costa 

 above this, and some black speckling towards termen beneath it : cilia with base 

 blackish (imperfect). Hindwings grey. 



Upolu, Malololelei, July (Wilder) ; 1 ex. in Bishop Museum. Allied to S. 

 thalassitis, of Java. 



7. Spilonota glaucothoe, n. sp. 



$17 mm. Head white, crown suffused blackish-grey except on sides. 

 Palpi white mixed dark grey, basal joint and a median band of second black. 

 Thorax white, dorsum suffused grey. Forewings termen slightly rounded, some- 

 what oblique ; ochreous-white ; markings grey suffused black ; a small spot 

 on base of costa ; a triangular spot on dorsum near base ; two oblique fasciate 

 blotches from costa at \ and middle, first reaching f across wing, second rather 

 more than half, apex of first rather produced towards second ; a trapezoidal 

 blotch on dorsum before tornus ; three small spots on costa posteriorly ; an 



