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(2) Spodoptera exigiia Hub. {flavimaculata Harv.). 



Caradrina venosa Butl. Ent. Mo. Mao-, xvii. 7. 



5 specimens ; 3 Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet, in July and August ; 2 Lahaina, 

 Maui. Also recorded by Mr Blackburn from Honolulu, Oahu. It occurs throughout 

 the warmer regions of the whole world. 



Caradrina Ochs. 



Head rough-scaled. Eyes glabrous. Thorax sometimes slightly crested. Abdo- 

 men not crested. 



The following species, only represented by one % specimen in indifferent preserva- 

 tion, cannot be certainly referred generically ; it is however so distinct from any other 

 Hawaiian insect that it cannot be passed over. 



( I ) Caradrina exanimis, sp. nov. 



?. 23 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Abdomen elongate. Forewings rather 

 narrow, termen very oblique ; whitish-ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous scales 

 between veins ; veins white ; cilia whitish irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings whitish. 



I specimen, Kona, Hawaii, at 1500 feet, in September. 



PLUSIADAE. 

 SiMPLiciA Gtien. 



(39) Simplicia rohiistalis Guen. {caeneusalis Walk.). 



16 specimens, all $ ; 10 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in November and December; 

 3 Oahu, at 2000 feet, in September ; i Kawailoe range, Oahu, at 1 200 feet, in April ; 

 I Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 2000 feet, in April ; i Lanai, at 2000 feet, in February. 

 Also several sent by Mr Blackburn. Occurs throughout Australia, the Malay 

 Archipelago, and India. 



Hypenodes Guen. 



Head loosely scaled, with small frontal tuft. Antennae in ^ ciliated, or bipecti- 

 nated with apex filiform. Palpi very long, porrected, second joint thickened with rough 

 projecting scales, terminal rather short, cylindrical. Thorax with appressed scales. 



