MACROLEPIDOPTERA 169 



(i) Sisyrophyta gomphias, sp. nov. 



(??• 50 — 58 mm. Head and thorax brown. Abdomen pale brownish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, in $ with apex and upper part of termen curved over 

 beneath so as to appear strongly rounded off, hardly oblique, in $ termen bowed, 

 oblique ; in $ above with deep compressed supramedian groove, beneath with costal 

 half clothed with very dense rough hair-scales; 11 out of 10 near base, running into 

 or anastomosing with 12; brownish-ochreous or ochreous-fuscous, sometimes sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous ; first and second lines of blackish-fuscous dots, usually much 

 approximated dorsally, lowest one of each sometimes confluent, first of three dots, 

 curved, second of seven or eight dots, in $ strongly curved in disc, in $ somewhat bent 

 below middle ; a terminal series of blackish-fuscous dots. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded, in $ with compressed longitudinal median groove ; brownish-ochreous, paler 

 basally, more fuscous-tinged posteriorly ; sometimes a curved postmedian series of 

 indistinct fuscous dots; cilia ochreous-whitish. (Plate IV. fig. 27.) 



38 specimens ; 34 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet ; 3 Kona, Hawaii, at 2000 — 3000 

 feet ; i Molokai, at 3500 feet ; in June, September, November, and December. 



(2) Sisyrophyta ochetias, sp. nov. 



^$. 40-— 48 mm. Head and thorax brown. Abdomen light brownish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, narrower than in S. gomphias, in J with apex, termen, 

 and dorsum strongly and continuously rounded, in % with termen bowed, oblique ; in i 

 above with irregular supramedian groove, beneath with median longitudinal fringe of 

 long erect hairs, dorsal half below this wholly clothed with modified furry scales, with a 

 marginal ridge of dense raised scales, costal area partially hairy ; 10 sometimes out of 9, 

 sometimes connected with 9, 1 1 separate ; brownish-ochreous or ochreous-fuscous, more 

 or less sprinkled with dark fuscous; first and second lines of blackish-fuscous dots, 

 moderately approximated dorsally, first of three dots, hardly curved, second of seven or 

 eight dots, in t rather strongly curved in disc, in % somewhat curved, sinuate inwards 

 above middle; no terminal dots. Hindwings with termen rounded, in t unevenly; in 

 t above with a median longitudinal streak-like patch of fine long erect hairs from near 

 base to beyond middle, termen partially narrowly folded over, distorted ; in t pale 

 ochreous, disc suffused with rather dark grey ; in ? pale brownish-ochreous irrorated 

 with fuscous. 



16 specimens; 15 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; i Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; in 

 June, September, November, and December. 



