HETEROCERA. 



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Anerastiinae. 

 134. Rhinaphe virginella Meyrick. 



Anerastia virginella Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., iv, p. 233, 1879. 



Erythrophlebia virginella Meyrick, Hampson in Ragonot, Rom. Mem., viii, p. 394, pi. 40, fig. 8, 

 1901. 



Erythrophlebia ? virginella Meyrick, Rebel, 2 Beiheft Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anslalt., xxxii, p. 133, 

 1915. 



Rhinaphe virginella Meyrick, Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1918, p. 84. 

 Upolu : 1 $ (Friederichs). 



This species is not represented in the material before me, and I merely 

 repeat Rebel's record, though he evidently was not certain of the determination. 

 His statement (translated) reads : — 



" A $ from Upolu (coll. Friederichs), exhibiting unicolorous, marking-less, 

 fairly dark reddish forewings, belongs probably to this species." 



135. Rhinaphe nigricostalis Walker. 



Trachonitis nigricostalis Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M., xxvii, p. 40, 1863. 



Comorta nigricostalis Walker, Ragonot, Rom. Mem., viii, p. 389, pi. 39, fig. 22, 1901. 



Rhinaphe nigricostalis Walker, Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1918, p. 83. 



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

 Upolu : Apia, 1 1 $, 30, 31. v. 1924. 

 Tutuila : Pago Pago, 1 $, i.1924 (Steffany). 



136. Genus ? species ? 

 " Anerastine spec. ($)," Rebel, 2 Beiheft Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anstalt., xxxii, p. 151, 1915. 

 Samoa. 1 $ (Friederichs). 



As far as I am able to judge from Rebel's description, the specimen 

 mentioned by him belongs to a species I do not know. 

 His description is roughly as follows :■ — 



Palpi dark, porrect, projecting for a distance equal to twice the diameter 

 of the head. The venation of the forewing is quadrifid, that of the hind not 

 being distinguishable with certainty. The narrow forewing is light red-brown 

 with a clear white costal stripe reaching almost to the apex of the wing. The 

 hindwing is whitish with a brownish fringe. 



Expanse : 15 mm. 



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