I50 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



blackish spot, orbicular oblique-oval, preceded by a similar blackish spot; subterminal 

 line pale, broadly edged with blackish suffusion. Hind wings whitish-ochreous, fuscous- 

 tinged, more infuscated terminally, veins and a crescentic discal mark fuscous ; a dark 

 fuscous terminal line. (Plate IV. fig. lo.) 



I specimen, Kilauea, Hawaii, in August. 



(20) Agrotis selenias, sp. nov. 



(/■ %. 42 — 48 mm. Head and thorax brown-reddish sprinkled with black. An- 

 tennae in cT hardly serrulate. Forewings brown-reddish, sprinkled with black ; sub- 

 basal and first lines black-edged ; orbicular oblique-oval, sometimes partially edged 

 with whitish-ochreous, black-outlined, separated from reniform by a subquadrate dark 

 reddish-fuscous spot ; claviform indistinctly dark-outlined ; median line only distinct on 

 costa ; reniform anteriorly edged with a few whitish-ochreous scales and black outline, 

 posteriorly marked with a clear whitish-ochreous crescentic spot ; second line indis- 

 tinctly dark-edged, waved, interrupted ; subterminal obscurely pale, edged anteriorly 

 with some indistinct small dark spots, on costa by one larger and more distinct. 

 Hindwings rather light fuscous or whitish-fuscous, darker posteriorly; a darker cres- 

 centic discal mark. 



16 specimens; 9 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet, in April; 6 Mts. Waimea, 

 Kauai, at 4000 feet, in May and June ; i Olaa, Hawaii, in September. 



(21) Agrotis cmctipennis Butl. 



Apamea cinctipennis Butl. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) vii. 188 1, p. 323. 



(/ ?. 38 — 40 mm. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black, thorax some- 

 times more or less sprinkled with white. Antennae in <} hardly serrulate. Fore- 

 wings brown-reddish, strigulated with dark fuscous, sometimes partially mixed with 

 whitish-ochreous ; subbasal and first lines blackish-edged ; orbicular rather oblique- 

 oval, grey or white, with faint darker central dot; reniform partially edged with 

 whitish-ochreous or white, black-outlined, sometimes separated from orbicular by 

 quadrate spot of blackish suffusion ; claviform short, indistinctly dark-outlined ; second 

 line dark-edged, sometimes partly indistinct ; subterminal whitish-ochreous, anteriorly 

 sharply defined and edged with dark fuscous suffusion, posteriorly not dark-edged, 

 terminal area light brown-reddish, mixed or almost wholly suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings light fuscous, posteriorly darker. 



4 specimens; i Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in November; i Haleakala, Maui, 

 at 5000 feet, in April; i Kaholuamano, Kauai, in April; i Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 

 2000 feet, in April. Also one specimen in the British Museum collection. 



