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Thorax white, patagium and tegula cartridge buff. Abdomen (tergum) proximal 

 half white, distal half cartridge buff. Pectus white. Venter white proximally, 

 cartridge buff distally. Legs cartridge buff, fore femur distally, and tibia almost 

 entirely, fuscous. Forewing white, costa and termen with a cartridge buff 

 tint at certain angles, costa tinged with ochraceous buff along edge. Hindwing 

 white with a cartridge buff tint at certain angles. Underside similar, the costa 

 and termen tinged with ochraceous buff. 



Expanse : 28 mm. 



Similar, slightly smaller. Colour more generally cartridge buff than 

 white, the termen of both wings shaded with drab. 



Expanse : 26 mm. 



Holotype^. Upolu : Malololelei, 21.iv.1925. 

 Allotype <j>. Upolu : Malololelei, 5.vii.l924. 



Paratypes. Upolu: Apia, 1 <J, 12.iii. 1924 ; Malololelei, 2^, 22, 27.vi.1924 

 (Armstrong) ; 4 vii., 7.vii.l925 (Wilder) ; 6 8 14, 23, 24.ii., 15.vi., 

 5.vii., 24.ix., 29.xi.1924, 22.iv.1925. 



Savaii : 1 21. xi. 1925 ; Safune, 2 1 $>, rain forest, 2,000-4,000 feet, 

 3. v. 1924 (Bryan). 



176. Bradina leptolopha, sp. nov. (Plate XV, fig. 2). 



Palpus fuscous, first segment and proximal half of second segment white 

 ventrally. Antenna warm buff. Head pale olive buff, thorax white tinged 

 with ivory yellow, tegula in front shaded with fuscous. Abdomen, pectus 

 and venter white tinged with ivory yellow. Legs white tinged with ivory yellow, 

 fore tibia shaded with drab. Forewing translucent, glossy, ivory yellow ; costa 

 lightly shaded with fuscous ; discocellular lunule faintly indicated in fuscous. 

 Hindwing translucent, glossy, ivory yellow. Underside similar. 

 Expanse : 30 mm. 



Holotype <J. Upolu : Malololelei, 22.vi.1924 (Armstrong). 



Paratypes. Upolu : Malololelei, 2$$, 26.iv.1924 (Bryan) ; 1 31.xi.1924. 



Savaii : Safune, 1 J, rain forest, 2,000-4,000 feet, 3.V.1924 (Bryan). 



177. Bradina acrospila Meyrick. 



Epichronistis acrospila Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1886, p. 261. 

 Upolu : Apia, 1 23.iii.1924 (Armstrong) ; Aleipata, 3 $$, 8, 10.iv.1924. 



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