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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



$. Similar to but with palpi sickle-shaped, with loose hair-scales pos- 

 teriorly. Forewing sometimes uniformly bone brown. 

 Expanse : 30-34 mm. 



Allotype $. Upolu : Malololelei, 24.ii.1924. 



Paratypes. Upolu : Malololelei, 1 <J, 1 £ 2.vii.l924 (Armstrong) ; 6 

 13 $$, 22-24.ii., 14. vi., 5, 7.vii.l924, 21.iv.1925, Vailima, 1 <j, 1 $, 3 vi.1924, 

 l.ii.1925. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, 2 2 $$, i., ii.1924 (Steffany). 



94. Bocana manifestalis Walker. 



Bocana manifestalis Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M., xvi, p. 171, 1858. 



Upolu : Apia, 2 2 $$, 12, 24.ii., 30.iv., ix.1924. 

 Tutuila : Leone Rd., 1 $, 22.ix.1926 (Judd). 



95. Progonia oileusalis Walker (Plate XVIII, fig. 13). 

 Herminia oileusalis Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M., xvi, p. 116, 1858. 



Progonia oileusalis Walker, Swinhoe, Cat. Lep. Het. Oxford Museum, ii, p. 197, 1900 : synonymy. 

 Samoa. 1 worn $, labelled iii.-viii.1921 (O'Connor). 



The whole synonymy involved here requires confirmation, for which I have 

 now no time, so I am compelled to accept Swinhoe's statements, which are 

 probably correct. 



96. Hypena gonospilalis Walker. 



Hypena gonospilalis Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M., xxxiv, p. 1516, 1865. 



Upolu: Apia, 1 $, ll.iii.1923 (Armstrong). 



It is impossible to be definitely satisfied with this determination on the basis 

 of a single female, which I hesitate to damage for a genitalia preparation as I 

 can see no way of getting confirmation if it should prove to differ slightly. 



97. Ophiuche ferriscitalis Walker. 



Hypena ferriscitalis Walker, List. Lep. Ins. B. M., xxxiv, p. 1142, 1865. 



Upolu : Apia, 1 ll.iii.1923 (Armstrong) ; 2 $$, 13.ix.1923 (Swezey and 

 Wilder) ; 27.viii.1924. ; Vailima, 1 3.vi.l924. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, 2 i.1924 (Steffany) ; 12.viii.1925. 



