J40 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(3) Leucania niphadopa, sp. nov. 



%, 34 — 35 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, pale-sprinkled. Fore- 

 wings rather dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged ; first and second lines hardly paler, 

 obscurely dark-edged, first straight, oblique, running to near middle of dorsum, second 

 gently curved on upper f ; orbicular small, round, white ; reniform represented by 

 two transversely placed finely connected small white spots, followed by two white 

 dots between which is an irregular white spot partially suffused with ochreous-yellow ; 

 an obscure darker praesubterminal shade. Hind wings rather light fuscous. 



2 specimens, Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in November. 



(4) Letuania eiulidias, sp. nov. 



c/?. 28 — 36 mm. Head and thorax light rosy-ochreous or light crimson-fuscous, 

 seldom fuscous. Base of abdomen densely hairy, in ^ with dense lateral tufts concealed 

 in basal cavities. Forewings varying from pale rosy-ochreous to deep red, partially 

 or wholly suffused with fuscous, with slight purplish reflections, rarely more or less 

 irrorated with white ; subbasal line seldom partly whitish ; first and second lines pale 

 or seldom whitish, dark-edged, first straight, very oblique, running to about middle 

 of dorsum, second nearly straight ; orbicular round, small or dot-like, clear white or 

 seldom ochreous-yellow, dark-edged, or often reduced to a dark fuscous dot ; reniform 

 represented by an oblique transverse linear usually clear white mark, seldom only 

 paler or ochreous-yellowish, sometimes doubled, seldom divided into two spots, in 

 one specimen connected beneath with orbicular by a clear white streak ; subterminal 

 line pale or whitish, slightly sinuate, usually preceded by a dark band. Hindwings 

 in c/ rather light fuscous, somewhat mixed with pale ochreous, suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous towards costa and termen ; in ? wholly rather dark fuscous. (Plate III. 

 figs. I — I h.') 



87 specimens; 16 Olaa, Hawaii; 3 Kilauea, Hawaii; 2 Kona, Hawaii, at 3000 

 feet; 41 Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet; 4 Kaholuamano, Kauai; 19 Mts. Waimea, 

 Kauai ; 1 Lihui, Kauai, at 1 500 feet ; i Lanai, 2000 feet ; in February, and from April 

 to November. Exceedingly variable. 



(5) Leucania macrosaris, sp. nov. 



<? . 34 — 37 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous, slightly rosy-tinged. 

 Abdomen with lateral dense tufts of very long pale brownish-ochreous hairs attached to 

 a long chitinous filament, rising from basal cavities. Forewings brownish-ochreous. 



