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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Deiopeia pulchella Linnaeus has been recorded as destructive to Crotalaria, 

 and also as feeding on sugar-cane, cinchona, etc. Some of these records may 

 refer to D. pulchelloides. 



One species of Simplicia has been bred from dried coconut leaves in Ceylon. 



Two species of Chloauges have been recorded as rolling Cinchona leaves. 



Attention may usefully be drawn to the paper entitled " Pests of Economic 

 Plants in Samoa and other Island Groups " by Hopkins (Bull. Ent. Res., xviii, 

 pp. 23-32, Text-Fig. 1, Plate II, 1927). 



The following table will give some idea of the distribution of the species 

 now recorded as occurring in Samoa. The localities chosen have been restricted 

 to those most nearly associated with Samoa and only such others added as will 

 provide the means of recording at a glance the widest possible range. 



DISTRIBUTION TABLE 



S a min a 



Pacific Islands 

 E. of Samoa. 



1 



M 



1-5 



Tonga. 



Ellice. 



New Hebrides. 



Loyalty. 



New Caledonia. 



Solomons. 



New Guinea. 



i 



■< 



P3 

 H 



ZD 



< 



Malay Arch. 



India. 



Old World. 



New World. 1 



Celama samoana ..... 







X 

























Nola tornotis ..... 











X 











X 











Chrysaeglia samoensis .... 



























Philagria entella delia .... 





X 







X 







X 



X 













Macaduma samoensis .... 































Asura pyropa ..... 































Asura hopkinsi ..... 































Asura uniformeola . 

















X 







X 









Utetheisa pulchelloides .... 



X 









X 



X 





X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Deilemera alba ..... 































Deilemera mundipicta samoensis 































Argina cribraria ..... 











X 









X 



X 



X 



X 



X 





Heliothis armigera .... 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 





Heliothis assulta ..... 



X 



X 

















X 



X 



X 



X 





Tiracola plagiata ..... 



X 





X 













X 



X 



X 



X 







Tiracola rufimargo samoensis . 































Callopistria meridionalis nauticorum 































Calogramma festiva .... 





X 







X 





X 



X 





X 



X 



X 







Prodenia litura ..... 



X 



X 



X 





X 







X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Spodoptera mauritia .... 



X 



X 



X 





X 







X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Perigea illecta ..... 



X 









X 







X 



X 



X 



X 



X 







Elydna nonagrica ..... 



X 



X 







X 









X 



X 



X 



X 







Chasmina tibialis ..... 



X 



X 



X 





X 





X 





X 



X 



X 



X 







