230 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



appearing to arise before the distal extremity of the second segment, and with a 

 dorsal (or posterior) expansion of scales on the distal half ; frons simple, with a 

 pointed tuft of scales ; antenna ($ only) annulate, with fine, short bristles. 

 Fore wing with veins R 2 , ^3; R 4 , R5 stalked, the latter shortly, Mi from near 

 upper angle of cell, M 2 from near lower angle, M 3 from lower angle, Cui from 

 before lower angle, Cu 2 from cell at about three-quarters ; hindwing with veins 

 Rs and M x connate, M 2 from near lower angle of cell, slightly divergent from 

 M 3 , which is very shortly stalked with Cu x , vein Cu 2 from cell just beyond the 

 middle. 



Genotype : Machaeropal'pus fasciatus Tarns, sp. nov. 



88. Machaeropalpus fasciatus, sp. nov. (Plate VI, fig. 19 ; Plate VII, fig. 9). 



Palpus cinnamon brown, second segment shaded with deep brownish 

 drab, the dorsal scales deep brownish drab, the third segment streaked in front 

 proximally, and tipped with warm buff, the dorsal (or posterior) scales deep 

 brownish drab. Head and thorax cinnamon brown, tegula shaded posteriorly 

 with deep brownish drab. Abdomen light to warm buff, shaded with mummy 

 brown. Pectus and legs cinnamon brown to mummy brown with traces of warm 

 buff. Underside of abdomen strongly suffused with mummy brown. Forewing 

 hazel suffused with bay ; traces of an indistinct, fine velvety warm blackish 

 brown antemedial fascia, bowed, crenulate (concavities basad) ; some light buff 

 scales at end of cell ; a slightly curved, slightly oblique velvety bay medial shade, 

 sharply defined basad, diffuse terminad ; a fine warm blackish brown dentate 

 postmedial fascia, slightly bowed below costa and again at veins M 2 to Cui 

 (concavity basad) ; an obscure subterminal fascia, commencing before a warm 

 blackish brown apical patch, below which it runs parallel with the postmedial 

 fascia to inner margin just before tornus, accentuated interneurally with light 

 buff scales, which take the form of two small sagittate marks (points basad) 

 outlined with warm blackish brown, between veins E 5 and M x ; a terminal 

 series of interneural warm blackish brown lunules ; fringe cinnamon brown. 

 Hindwing light to warm buff, the distal half suffused with mummy brown to 

 fuscous, commencing with a medial shade, succeeded by a fine, fuscous black, 

 slightly dentate postmedial fascia, and a subterminal fascia, also weakly dentate, 

 but light buff edged on both sides with fuscous black ; a terminal series of 

 fuscous black lunules interneurally ; fringe infuscate, with warm buff line at 



