200 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(5) Talis hyacinthina, sp. nov. 



^$. 13 — 16 mm. Palpi 4. Forewings elongate-triangular, apex obtuse, termen 

 nearly straight, oblique ; grey, more or less irrorated with white and dark grey, 

 sometimes mixed with yellow towards base ; a few scattered black scales ; first and 

 second lines usually more or less ochreous-yellow, first angulated near costa, sometimes 

 obsolete, second marked with black scales, gently curved, sinuate inwards towards 

 dorsum ; two black discal dots transversely placed ; an interrupted blackish terminal 

 line. Hindwings grey or dark grey. (Plate V. fig. 15.) 



8 specimens, Kona, Hawaii, from 4000 to 8000 feet, from June to August. 

 Always separable from its nearest allies by the grey colouring ; the yellow lines 

 are very characteristic when present, but are not always well-developed. 



(6) Talis floricolans Butler. 



Gesneria floricolens Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xix. p. 180. 



Hednota floricolans Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 242. 



This is the most distinct species of the group, recognisable by the shorter palpi, 

 forewings whitish mixed with fuscous, first line very distinct, only slightly sinuate, 

 brown mixed with black, preceded by whitish suffusion, second distinct, ochreous more 

 or less mixed with brown and black, strongly curved on upper f . (Plate V. fig. 16.) 



12 specimens; 8 Molokai ; 3 Waianae Mts., Oahu, "on plains"; i Waialua, 

 Oahu, sea-level ; from March to May. According to Mr Blackburn also from Lanai. 

 In this species (as in the others) veins 4 and 5 of the hindwings are normally 

 approximated at base, the stalking recorded by me being exceptional. 



PYRAUSTIDAE. 



Nymphula Schranck. 



(1) Nymphula fluctuosalis Zell. {linealis Guen.). 



Oligostigma curta Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xv. p. 270. 



14 specimens; 13 Wailuku, Maui; i Waialua, Oahu; in October and November. 

 Occurs also in Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



Margaronia Hub. 



(i) Margaronia exaula Meyr. 



Margarodes exaula Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 213. 

 Margaronia glauculalis Bud. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. 188 1, p. 327 (non 

 Guen.). 



