120 INSECTS OP SAMOA. 



1 $, 30.vi.1924, 1 2.ix.l924, 1 30.X.1924, 1 $, 18.viii.1925, 1 $, x.1925, 

 1,000 feet, 1 undated (Woodford), in coll. Mus. Tring. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, 3 ?$, i.1924, 2 $$, x.1923 (StefTany). 



Apart from Fiji, T. chloropis was previously known to have been found in 

 Tonga (Friendly Islands). The T. " chloropis " recorded from the Jaintia Hills 

 by Hampson has of course nothing to do with the present species, but is that 

 which Swinhoe later (1902) named T. curiosa. The Samoan specimens, or at 

 least those from Tutuila, may differ racially from the name-typical in having 

 the postmedian line rather broader ; but few good specimens (and none such 

 from Fiji) are yet known to me. A $ from the Vavau Group, Tonga, in Mus. 

 Tring, more nearly resembles Tin. timoclea Druce (vide infra) in colour and macu- 

 lation. The genus Thalassodes in general, and the present section in particular, 

 will repay very careful study and analysis when sufficient material can be brought 

 together. 



3. Thalassodes timoclea Druce. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 227, t. xiii, f. 6, 7, 1888 (Fiji). 

 Upolu : Apia, 1 ?, 27.vi.1924. 



The distinctive characters of this species are somewhat problematical, since 

 the band on the $ described by Druce, upon which he largely relied, was evi- 

 dently the result of some injury, possibly in the pupal state. The however,, 

 which was first described and must certainly be treated as the holotype, differs 

 essentially from the other and larger green-faced Fijian Thalassodes (T. chloropis 

 Meyrick) in having the third segment of the palpus shorter. Its hind legs are 

 lost, but there is a small abdominal spine. I refer provisionally to T. timoclea, 

 the present which is not in very good condition but apparently agrees closely 

 with Druce's types. Apart from the palpus, it differs from the Samoan forms 

 of T. chloropis in the slightly brighter (less blue) green colouring, and the 

 extremely fine postmedian line, which moreover is perhaps rather more proximally 

 placed than is usual in T. chloropis ; the white dorsal line on the abdomen is 

 distinct. 



4. Thai assodes, sp. 

 Upolu : Malololelei, 1 l.vii.1924 (Armstrong). 



The specimen is hopelessly discoloured : the terminal segment of the 

 palpus certainly shorter than in T. chlorojns and apparently even than in T. 



