MACROLEPIDOPTERA 203 



darker ; a very broad dark fuscous median band mixed with ferruginous, not reaching 

 costa, anterior edge straight, anterior half of upper edge excavated, with a dark fuscous 

 orbicular dot in excavation before middle, posterior edge wholly suffused and undefined; 

 a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; a slightly paler 

 postmedian shade, darker-edged, obtusely angulated in middle. 



I specimen, Waimea Mts., Kauai, at 4000 feet, in May. 



(4) Oiniodes iridias, sp. nov. 



^%. 27 — 28 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, with white line above eyes. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, lower half white. Forewings rather long, termen slighdy sinuate 

 beneath apex ; dark fuscous, irrorated with dull purplish ; lin'es obscurely paler, first 

 obtusely angulated above middle, obsolete on costa, second very obtusely angulated 

 below middle, straight or slightly curved on upper portion, sinuate inwards below 

 angulation ; enclosed median band in ^ hardly darker, somewhat ferruginous-mixed on 

 dorsal half, in % blackish except towards costa, upper edge excavated on anterior half, 

 with a blackish orbicular dot in excavation before middle ; a terminal series of dark 

 fuscous or blackish dots : cilia fuscous, with darker subbasal line. Hindwings rather 

 dark fuscous ; an obscurely paler slightly sinuate postmedian line, anteriorly darker- 

 edged ; cilia as in forewings. (Plate V. fig. 19.) 



2 specimens, Kilauea, Hawaii, in August. 



(5) Omiodes epicentra, sp. nov. 



^%. 25 — ^26 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous mixed with 

 brownish, segmental margins narrowly whitish, anal tuft mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, lower half white. Forewings moderate, termen bowed ; pale 

 ochreous, irregularly mixed with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; veins 

 indistinctly whitish ; first line dark fuscous, very acutely angulated in middle, upper 

 portion indistinct, lower strongly marked and followed by a brownish-ochreous 

 suffusion ; a blackish orbicular dot ; two dark fuscous discal dots transversely placed, 

 followed by an oblique brownish-ochreous suffusion; second line whitish, edged with 

 dark fuscous, with very slight and obtuse angulation below middle ; a terminal 

 series of blackish triangular dots. Hindwings grey, darker-sprinkled ; a blackish discal 

 dot; a straight whitish postmedian line, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous, and 

 posteriorly by a cloudy dark fuscous suffusion ; an interrupted blackish terminal line. 



3 specimens, Waialua, Oahu, on plains, in March. 

 M. F. H. ^7 



