136 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



16. Chloroclystis bosora (Druce). 



Larentia bosora Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p, 228, t. xiii, f. 10, 1888 (Fiji). 



Upolu: Malololelei, 3 $2, 24.ii., 21, 24.vi.1924 ; Apia, 1 2, 20. v.] 922 

 (Armstrong). 



Druce founded his " Larentia " bosora on a single § and the only other 

 specimen that I have hitherto seen is another $ from the same islands. The 

 Samoan examples are rather larger than the type, with rather less white above r 

 and beneath with the reddish flush rather less deep. The character of the 

 markings of the fore wing above, and especially the form of the palpus, which 

 has the second segment smooth-scaled and slightly down-curved, suggest that 

 this is an overgrown relative of C. admixtaria Walker, which is known in three 

 races or very close allies : C. admixtaria Walker, 1862 (Ceylon ; generally 

 distributed in India, the Malay Peninsula, N. Pagi Is., Celebes, and Sambawa) ; 

 C. fragilis Warren, 1899 (Louisiade Archipelago ; also in the Kei Is., British 

 New Guinea and perhaps on St. Matthias Is.) ; C. bryodes Turner, 1907 (N. 

 Queensland). The postmedian line of the hind wing, which is weaker and but 

 slightly angled, and the subterminal maculation of both wings are, however r 

 very distinct from the markings of C. admixtaria, and the when discovered- 

 may show higher specialisation. 



17. Chloroclystis mempta, sp. n. 



13-15 mm. Head, body, and wings predominantly drab, variable in 

 tone, the pale ground-colour being more or less tinged with olive, the dark 

 markings more cinnamon-brownish or fuscescent. Face darker above and 

 below than in middle ; no definite cone. Palpus If to 2, second segment rough- 

 scaled above and beneath ; first and second segments beneath sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Vertex rather pale. Antennal scales at ends of segments rather dark T 

 slightly projecting ; ciliation in scarcely |. Abdomen, except third and fourth 

 somites, with unequal dark belts ; body beneath pale, in places almost white : 

 $ robust. Hind tibia with the inner spurs long, especially the proximal one ; 

 the outer short. 



Fore wing rather short ; apex moderately rounded ; SC 1 running into C ; 

 markings rather variable ; basal and subbasal tending to form ill-defined narrow 

 bands ; antemedian line at or slightly before \, a little out-bent in middle ; 

 postmedian from a rather strong dot at j 2 - costa, excurved in anterior part, then 



