194 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Oahu, at 2000 feet ; 5 Molokai, at 2500 feet ; i Lanai ; i Haleakala, Maui, at 8000 

 feet ; 2 Waimea Mts., Kauai, at 3000 — 4000 feet ; 2 Halemanu, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; 

 I Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; 3 Makaweli, Kauai, at 2000 feet ; from January 

 to October. The anterior spot in the black apical area of forewings is rosy in the 

 male, white in the female. The colouring oi the undersurface of hindwings varies 

 much ; in the male it is browner, sometimes much ferruginous-suffused, without white 

 suffusion, but often with sharply defined white discal and costal spots, in the female 

 it is often much whitish-suffused and with irregular whitish median fascia, but 

 sometimes very uniform yellow-brownish throughout. The larva is described by 

 Mr Blackburn, Ent. Mo. Mag. xix. p. 55. 



(3) Vanessa cardui Linn. 



12 specimens; 6 Halemanu, Kauai, bred; 5 Lanai, at sea level; i Kona, Hawaii, 

 at 4000 feet; in February, May, and August. Mr Blackburn records it as occurring 

 in various places in plenty, but apparently irregularly, between February and July (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. XVI. p. 161). Some Lanai specimens are very small, one having an expanse 

 of only 48 mm. A cosmopolitan species. 



(4) Vanessa huntera Fab. 



10 specimens; 8 Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet; i Koele Mts., Lanai, at 2000 feet; 

 I Haleakala, Maui, at 8000 feet ; in April, July, and August. Noted also by 

 Mr Blackburn as a regular resident. Occurs in North America. 



LYCAENIDAE. 



Lycaena Fab. 



( I ) Lycaena bactica Linn. 



9 specimens; 7 Mauna Loa, Hawaii, at 1500 feet; i Waianae Mts., Oahu ; 

 I Molokai ; in April. Also taken by Mr Blackburn, who has described the larva. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 31. Occurs in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and 

 many Pacific islands. 



(2) Lycaena blackburni Tuely. 



Holochila blackbnrni Tuely Ent. Mo. Mag. xv. p. 9. 

 (Plate V. fig. 10.) 



70 specimens ; 7 Kona, Hawaii, at 3000 — 4000 feet ; 5 Kilauea, Hawaii; i Panoa 

 Valley, Oahu, at 1500 feet; 3 Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 2000 feet; i Lanai, at 3000 



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