natural, history

Onengaguga, I ,;, I Cfl.Distribution: Borneo to Queensland; Louisiade Archipela~o.Dirades leucocera HampsonDirades leucocera Hampson, 1891, III. Lep. Het. B. M., 8: 102, pI. 150: 13.Kasipa Hill, c. 300 ft., I 3; Hutuna, I ~; Guadalcanall., Tapenanje, 1 Cfl.Distribution: S. India; Ceylon.GAEDE (1930, in SEITZ, Macrolepidoptera of the World, /0: 601) has included leucocerain the synonymy of Balantiucha mutans Butler (1887); leucocera and mutansare, however, distinct species and on the antennal structure belong to the genus Dirades.D. mitalls may be distinguished by the ochraceous anal tuft in the male and in thefemale by the bursa copulatrix. which is without a signum.Structurally leucocera is most closely related to D. cOllifera Moore (1887) but maybe distinguished from that species in both sexes by the ante- and postmedial fasciae,which are white, and the anterior half of the median area, which is suffused with palesmoke gray.PSYCHIDAEFumes samoana TamsFumea samoana Tams, 1935, Insects of Samoa, 3: 243, pI. 18: I.Rennelll., Hutuna, 43'; Te-Uhungango, I ;; Bellona I., Matahenua, 13.Distribution: Samoa; Ontong Java.Oappula tertius (Templeton)Oiketicus tertius Templeton, 11'47. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond .. (2) 5: 39, pI. 5: 1-5.Oiketicus templetonii Westwood. 1~54. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1854: 234, pI. 36: 2.Hutuna, 13; reared. emerged 4. x. 1953.Distribution: Honkong; Ceylon; Malaya; Sumatra, Java; Queensland; Fiji.COSSIDAEXyleutes mineus pallescens RoepkeXyleutes milieus pallescells Roepke, 1955. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond., 107: 2~4.Hutuna, I J. 7 larvae and 4 pupae: Tingoa, I 5; Te-Uhungango, : o·Distribution: New Guinea; Solomon Is.The Hutuna male is considerably darker than the other specimens and is referableto abo archbold; Roepke (Ioc. cit., pI. I: I).65