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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



buff terminal tuft, ventrally irrorated with fuscous black with the segments 

 distally tinged with terra cotta. Pectus pinkish buff, strongly suffused with 

 terra cotta, and with strong fuscous black lateral shading from just above middle 

 of eyes back below insertion of forewings, and two similar streaks ventrally from 

 the eye margins ; legs pinkish buff to ochraceous buff, with fuscous black mark- 

 ings, most pronounced on the mid tibia. Fore wing greyish olive to drab, the 

 basal half with patches of ochraceous orange to ochraceous tawny shading, the 

 area before the termen tinged with vinaceous-russet ; a chocolate antemedial 

 fascia forming a sharp angle between upper margin of cell and anal vein ; trace 

 of a medial fascia, oblique from middle of costa to lower angle of cell, thence 

 oblique to middle of inner margin ; a large reniform stigma outlined in fuscous 

 black, enclosing some bright patches of ochraceous orange ; a postmedial series 

 of prominent fuscous black dots on the veins ; traces of a gently sinuous sub- 

 terminal line, accentuated by ochraceous orange shading and a dash of fuscous 

 black between veins M. x and M 2 ; a terminal series of interneural vandyke brown 

 dots, succeeded by a fine fuscous terminal edging, and vinaceous russet fringe ; 

 there are also a number of spots along the costa, including three small dots before 

 the apex. Hindwing light buff to pinkish buff, distal half suffused with terra 

 cotta lightly irrorated postmedially to subterminally with fuscous ; fringe light 

 buff, vinaceous tawny through its middle. Underside : forewing almost entirely 

 terra cotta to vinaceous tawny, except for a little drab in the subterminal area 

 showing up a terminal series of interneural terra cotta dots, and for the light buff 

 inner marginal area, which broadens basad and runs into base of cell ; hindwing 

 light buff to pinkish buff, suffused with terra cotta over an area extending from 

 end of cell to apex and from costa to just below vein M x , this area being further 

 marked with little fuscous black dashes ; one prominent fuscous black spot 

 postmedially on vein Sc ; silky hair at base of cell Congo pink, and traces of the 

 same colour postmedially to termen from the terra cotta to vein A 2 ; a terminal 

 series of interneural terra cotta dots from vein Rs to vein Cui ; fringe as on upper 

 side. 



The only $ available is very dark, the forewings being of a warm 

 sepia, strongly infuscate, from base to antemedial fascia much lighter (argus 

 brown) ; the reniform stigma is almost obscured, but there is a definite festooning 

 (concavities terminad) of the postmedial fascia. The hind wings are pale at 

 the base, but heavily infuscate beyond the postmedial area. Underside : both 

 fore and hindwings densely irrorated with fuscous to fuscous black, the fore- 



