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3. Forewings more or less rosy or red-tinged {4) euclidias. 



not red-tinged {3) niphadopa. 



4. Orbicular and reniform white i.2) co7npnas. 



not white {i) anthracias. 



5. Reniform marked by a white dot 6. 



not white-marked (6) typhlodes. 



6. Forewings with oblique subapical shade reachmg second line {^) unipuncta. 



„ without subapical shade reaching second line 7. 



7. Hindwings rosy-tinged (7) pyrrhias. 



„ not rosy-tinged 8. 



8. Forewings strigulated with fuscous {8) amb/ycasis. 



„ not strigulated {j) macrosaris. 



( 1 ) Leucaiiia anthracias, sp. nov. 



</■. 34 — 35 mm. Head and thorax fuscous or reddish-fuscous, darker posteriorly, 

 pale-sprinkled. Base of abdomen with dense lateral tufts concealed in basal cavities. 

 Forewings dark fuscous, slightly or strongly mixed with dull crimson, thinly whitish- 

 sprinkled ; subbasal, first, and second lines obscurely dark-edged, first hardly defined, 

 second moderately curved ; median shade obscurely darker ; orbicular and reniform 

 blackish-outlined, orbicular small, round, pale, dark-centred ; subterminal line bisinuate, 

 formed of obscure whitish-ochreous spots, sometimes nearly obsolete except at tornus. 

 Hindwings pale fuscous. (Plate IV. fig. i.) 



2 specimens; i Olaa, Hawaii, in September; i Haleakala, Maui, at 9000 feet, 

 in October. 



(2) Leucania compsias, sp. nov. 



(/•?. 33 — 36 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes partially or 

 wholly mixed with dark fuscous. Base of abdomen densely hairy, in </ with dense 

 lateral tufts concealed in basal cavities. Forewings rather dark brown or fuscous, 

 sometimes much mixed with ferruginous, basal and median areas sometimes much 

 suffused with whitish-ochreous ; subbasal, first, and second lines whitish-ochreous or 

 white, edged with dark fuscous, waved, first nearly straight, rather oblique, running 

 to dorsum at f , second moderately unevenly curved ; a suffused darker median shade, 

 right-angled in middle ; orbicular small, transverse, somewhat constricted in middle, 

 white; reniform forming an inverted U, white, sometimes connected beneath with 

 orbicular by a white spot ; subterminal line whitish, waved, terminal area beyond 

 this sometimes wholly suff"used with whitish. Hindwings in ^ pale fuscous, in ? 

 fuscous ; a pale subterminal line more or less distinctly indicated. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



5 specimens ; 3 Kilauea, Hawaii, in August ; 2 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in 

 September and November. A variable species. 



M. F. H. ^9 



