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usually faint or absent, sometimes marked with some black scales, curved, indented 

 near dorsum ; an indistinct interrupted dark terminal line. Hindwino-s fuscous 

 (Plate V. fig. 14.) "^ ■ 



7 specimens; 3 Waimea Mts., Kauai, at 4000 feet; 4 Makaweli, Kauai, sea- 

 level ; in May and June. Differs from all the rest by the more elongate forewings ; the 

 whitish irroration and indistinct or absent second line are also characteristic. 



(2) Talis homodora, sp. nov. 



t. 12 — 14 mm. Palpi 5. Forewings elongate-triangular, apex round-pointed, 

 termen straight, oblique; whitish-ochreous or pale brownish-ochreous, irrorated with 

 fuscous ; a few scattered black scales ; two blackish discal dots transversely placed ; 

 second line absent; an indistinct interrupted darker terminal line. Hindwings fuscous. 



8 specimens, Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 3000 feet, in April. Characterised by the 

 uniform colouring, and entire absence of lines. 



(3) Talis liydrophila Buder. 



Scotomera hydj-ophila Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 36. 

 Hednota hydi'ophila Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 242. 



Z%- II — 14 nim. Palpi 4. Forewings elongate-triangular, apex obtuse, termen 

 straight, oblique ; brownish-ochreous, irrorated with dark brown ; first and second 

 lines dark brown, sometimes indistinct, first angulated outwards above middle and 

 inwards below middle, second rather strongly curved, indented near dorsum ; two 

 dark fuscous or blackish discal dots transversely placed ; a terminal series of dark 

 fuscous or blackish dots. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous. 



13 specimens ; 7 Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet ; 6 Molokai, from 3000 to 3500 feet ; 

 from May to July. According to Mr Blackburn also from Oahu, but perhaps by 

 confusion with others. Distinguished by the dark brownish colouring, and peculiar 

 form of the first line. 



(4) Talis oxyptera Meyr. 



Hednota oxyptera Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 243. 



Only one specimen sent, a ? of 1 1 mm., from Waianae Mts., Oahu, "on plains," in 

 April. My examples were from Honolulu, Oahu, where I found it common in dry 

 grassy places in August. Especially characterised by the ochreous colouring and 

 distinct darker ochreous lines (first curved outwards on upper f , second moderately 

 curved), and particularly by the dark tornal spot in cilia of forewings. 



