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reddish-tinged ; first and second lines formed by series of indistinct dark fuscous dots, 

 second rather strongly curved ; lower end of reniform forming a clear white dot, 

 followed by a fuscous dot. Hindwings pale greyish-ochreous. 



2 specimens; i Kona, Hawaii, at 1500 feet; i Olaa, Hawaii; in June. 



(6) Lencania typhlodes, sp. nov. 



(/. 35 mm. Head and thorax red-brownish-ochreous. Abdomen densely hairy 

 towards base, with dense expansible pale brownish-ochreous tufts at base beneath, and 

 also in lateral basal cavities. Forewings pale brownish-ochreous, suffused throughout 

 with light dull reddish, with some scattered indistinct fuscous strigulae ; lower end 

 of reniform represented by a cloudy dark fuscous suffusion ; second line represented 

 by a curved series of very obscure dark fuscous dots. Hindwings pale greyish-ochreous, 

 somewhat rosy-tinged. 



I specimen, Olaa, Hawaii, in July. 



(7) Leucania pyrrhias, sp. nov. 



^%. 39^ — 46mm. Head and thorax brown-reddish irrorated with whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen densely hairy towards base, in d" with dense expansible brownish-ochreous 

 tufts at base beneath, and also in lateral basal cavities. Forewings pale brownish-ochre- 

 ous, densely suffusedly strigulated throughout with brown-reddish ; veins posteriorly 

 ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with dark fuscous ; costal edge sometimes white ; first 

 and second lines formed by series of indistinct dark fuscous dots, second rather strongly 

 curved ; lower end of reniform forming a small white dot, followed by a dark fuscous 

 suffusion. Hindwings light rosy-ochreous. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



9 specimens; 4 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet; 5 Kaholuamano, Kauai; from 

 April to June. 



(8) Lencania amblycasis, sp. nov. 



(/?. 38 — 41 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, somewhat brownish-tinged, 

 thorax posteriorly with a few blackish specks. Abdomen in c/ with very long dense 

 expansible pale ochreous lateral tuft attached to a broad spoon-shaped chitinous process 

 risino- from basal cavities, and dense yellowish expansible tufts in middle of base 

 beneath. Forewings pale brownish-ochreous, indistinctly strigulated with fuscous or 

 grey ; dark fuscous dots near base in middle and on costa, indicating subbasal line ; 

 first and second lines indicated by series of dark fuscous dots, second partially double, 



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