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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 

 229. Maruca testulalis Geyer. 



Crochiphora testulalis Geyer in Hiibner, Exot. Schmett., Zutr., iv (4), p. 12, figs. 629, 630, 1832. 

 Maruca testulalis Geyer, Rebel, Denksckr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturiv. Kl., lxxxv, p. 431, 

 1910 ; 2 Beiheft Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anstalt., xxxii, p. 146, 1915. 



Upolu : Apia, 1 2, 12.iii.1923 (Armstrong) ; 2 4 22, 27.iii., 16, 30.iv., 

 Lvi.1924, 15.iv., vii.1925 ; Malololelei, 1 2, 24.vi.1924 ; Malifa, 2 specimens, 

 28.v., 10.vi.1905 (Rechinger). 



Savaii : Safune, 2 1 2, lowlands to 1,000 feet, 1. v. 1924 (Bryan). 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, 1 ii.1924 (StefTany). 



A serious pest of garden beans, the larva feeding inside the pods, and often 

 entering where two pods are touching one another. 



230. Psara licarsisalis Walker. 



Botys licarsisalis Walker, List. Lep. Ins. B. M., xviii, p. 686, 1859. 



Pachyzancla licarsisalis Walker, Rebel, Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. KL, lxxxv, 

 p. 431, 1910 ; 2 Beiheft Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anstalt., xxxii, p. 146, 1915. 



Samoa. 1 2, iii.-viii.1921 (O'Connor). 



Upolu : Apia, 1 2, v.1896 (de la Garde) ; 1 ^, 2 22, 28.X.1923, 4.V.1924 

 (Armstrong) ; 3 6 22, 13-15.ix.1923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 4 3 22, 

 ii., lO.ii., 31.iv., 31.v., l.vi., ix.1924 ; Malololelei, 1 1 2, 26.v., 22.vi.1924 

 (Armstrong); 8^,6 22, 23-25.H., 14, 16, 21.vi., 5, 13.vii.1924, 22.iv.1925 ; 

 Malifa, 4 specimens, end July-early August, 1905 (Rechinger) ; Vailima, 1 

 26.vi.1925 ; Mt. Vaea, 1 1,100 feet, 25.iv.1924 (Bryan) ; Leulumoega, 2 

 14.ix.1923 (Swezey and W 7 ilder). 



Savaii : Tuasivi, 2 8.ii.l924. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, 2 22, i.1924 (Steffany). 



231. Psara stultalis Walker. 



Botys stultalis Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M., xviii, p. 669, 1859. 

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



Upolu: Malololelei, 2 5 22, 24.ii., 21, 24.vi., 5.vii.l924, 25.iv.1925 ; 

 Vailima, 1 <J, 2.ii.l925. 



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

 Tutuila : Pago Pago, 1 v. 1896 (de la Garde). 



