154 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Abdomen with small crest near base. Tibiae smooth-scaled. Forewings : 7 separate, 

 9 and 10 out of 8. Hindwings : 5 parallel to 4. 



1 . Hindwings whitish 2. 



„ fuscous or grey 3. 



2. Palpi about 6 (z) epichaka. 



„ 3 (^4) sarothrura. 



3. Forewings mi.\ed with violet-blue suffusion {2) cyanias. 



,, not mixed with blue 4. 



4. Second line with upper f rectangularly angulated {j) oxygramma. 



„ not so formed (j) altivolatis. 



( I ) Hypenodes epichaka, sp. nov. 



(/ ?. 19 — 21 mm. Head and thorax pale yellow mixed with black. Palpi about 

 6. Antennae in </ moderately bipectinated, towards apex filiform. Forewings broader 

 than in the other species ; pale yellow sprinkled with black ; lines thick, clear pale 

 yellow, partially strongly edged with black, subbasal rather inwardly oblique, first 

 angulated near costa, second forming a quadrate loop outwards in disc, subterminal 

 sinuate ; a series of black dots along posterior third of costa and termen. Hindwings 

 ochreous-whitish ; a grey discal dot ; sometimes traces of grey postmedian and sub- 

 terminal lines. (Plate IV. fig. 12.) 



4 specimens ; 3 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in November ; i Kilauea, Hawaii, in 

 August. 



(2) Hypenodes cyanias, sp. nov. 



?. 23 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi about 5. Forewings dark 

 fuscous, suffusedly mixed except on margins with brilliant violet-blue ; lines partially 

 marked with yellow-ochreous, interruptedly edged with blackish and irregularly placed 

 tufts of raised scales, subbasal inwardly oblique, first angulated near costa, second 

 irregular, forming a quadrate loop outwards round a dull ochreous blackish-edged discal 

 spot, subterminal sinuate ; a terminal series of blackish spots alternating with dark spots 

 in cilia. Hindwings light fuscous ; a darker discal spot. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



I specimen, Olaa, Hawaii, in September. 



(3) Hypenodes oxygramma, sp. nov. 



?. 12 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with brownish. Palpi about 4. 

 Forewings pale ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous ; subbasal line 



