2o8 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



back and on sides. Legs dark fuscous, ringed and banded with white, posterior tibiae 

 banded with yellowish. Forewings dark fuscous, sometimes with some yellowish scales 

 beneath costa ; markings snow-white ; a basal median dot, another beyond it, a straight 

 series of three small spots representing first line, two dots beyond this near costa and 

 dorsum, a subquadrate spot in middle of disc, and two dots transversely placed beyond 

 this ; second line represented by two connected spots beneath costa, a series of two or 

 three dots below middle nearer termen, and a series of three small subconfluent spots on 

 dorsal third nearer base ; a series of quadrate dots along termen and posterior half of 

 costa ; cilia dark fuscous, apical half spotted with white. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 apical half of cilia spotted with whitish. 



8 specimens ; 4 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; 4 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 

 4000 feet ; from April to June. 



(2) PJdyctaenia hyacinthias, sp. nov. 



^%. 24 — 27 mm. Head blackish, with a white lateral line, back of crown some- 

 times ochreous-yellow. Palpi 2^1:, basal and second joints ochreous-yellow beneath 

 except at apex. Thorax blackish, with an ochreous-yellow spot on shoulder, two 

 ochreous-yellow spots behind collar and one in middle of back sometimes confluent, a 

 white spot on each side of back, and white posterior mark. Abdomen blackish, sides 

 yellowish-mixed, segmental margins white. Legs blackish, tarsi ringed with white, 

 middle and posterior tibiae broadly banded with yellowish. Forewings dark fuscous ; 

 a subbasal transverse series of four dots, second white, rest ochreous-yellow ; an 

 ochreous-yellow dorsal spot before first line ; first line ochreous-yellow, interrupted near 

 costa by a group of three white dots, angulated inwards on lower half, followed by a 

 spot of white and yellow scales opposite angulation ; sometimes a streak of ochreous- 

 yellow scales strewn beneath costa from first to second line ; dot-like orbicular and 

 oval discal spot ochreous-yellow ; a transverse white spot between these, sometimes 

 divided into two, and two white dots transversely placed beyond discal ; second line 

 represented by two connected white marks beneath costa, a series of two or three 

 dots below middle nearer termen, and a series of three connected marks on dorsal 

 third nearer base ; sometimes a subterminal streak of ochreous-yellow scales ; five 

 white dots on posterior half of costa, yellowish beneath ; a terminal series of white 

 dots, sometimes almost obsolete ; cilia dark fuscous, sometimes with indistinct 

 whitish dots on apical half. Hindwings dark fuscous ; two obliquely placed darker 

 discal dots ; cilia as in forewings. (Plate V. fig. 22.) 



12 specimens, Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet, from March to May. 



(3) Phlyctaenia synastra, sp. nov. 

 ■??• 15 — 21 mm. Head dark fuscous, with a white lateral line, back of crown 



