MACROLEPIDOPTERA 209 



sometimes ochreous-yellow. Palpi 2, black, basal and second joints white beneath 

 except at apex. Thorax dark fuscous, with two ochreous-yellow spots behind collar 

 and sometimes one in middle of back, sometimes confluent, a white spot on each side of 

 back, and white posterior mark. Abdomen dark fuscous, sides yellowish-mixed, 

 segmental margins white. Legs blackish, tarsi ringed with white, middle tibiae variably 

 or hardly pale-banded or with terminal half white, posterior tibiae broadly banded with 

 whitish-yellowish. Forewings dark fuscous, sometimes variably strewn with whitish 

 and yellowish scales ; a subbasal transverse series of three dots, second white, others 

 yellowish ; first line white, sometimes partly yellowish-tinged, irregular, interrupted 

 above middle, dilated in middle, sinuate inwards on lower half, followed by two white 

 dots above middle and one (sometimes yellow) below middle ; dot-like orbicular and 

 oval discal spot yellow or whitish ; a narrow transverse white spot between these, 

 seldom reduced to several dots, and two white dots transversely placed beyond discal ; 

 second line white, somewhat indented near costa, broken inwards below middle, usually 

 interrupted to form three separate groups of subconfluent spots ; sometimes a sub- 

 terminal streak of pale yellowish scales ; five white or yellowish dots on posterior half 

 of costa ; a terminal series of white dots ; cilia dark fuscous, apical half spotted with 

 whitish. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous, disc in Z sometimes suffused with whitish ; 

 two obliquely placed darker discal dots ; an indistinct pale waved postmedian line ; cilia 

 fuscous, apical half more or less whitish. 



15 specimens ; 12 Olaa, Hawaii; 2 Kona, Hawaii, at 2000 — 4000 feet ; i Waianae 

 Mts., Oahu, at 2000 feet; in April, June, July, September, and November. 



(4) Phlyctaenia clialcophanes, sp. nov. 



Z%. 21 — 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous-yellow sprinkled with 

 black, back of crown deeper ochreous-yellow, palpi 2\. Abdomen black mixed with 

 pale yellow, segmental margins white. Legs black ringed with pale yellowish, posterior 

 tibiae suffused with whitish-yellowish. Forewings blackish, mixed with ochreous- 

 yellow ; markings shining whitish-yellow, with prismatic reflections ; basal and subbasal 

 spots, sometimes confluent and enlarged ; first line slender, irregular, followed by a 

 partially confluent fascia, not reaching costa ; an oval blackish spot containing a pale 

 mark representing orbicular, separated by a transverse spot connected beneath with 

 preceding fascia from a subquadrate blackish discal spot containing two pale dots ; 

 second line waved, sharply indented beneath costa, middle third curved outwards, 

 preceded by a suffused fascia confluent above and below middle ; subterminal line 

 slender, sharply dentate, teeth touching termen, limiting a series of triangular black 

 terminal spots ; cilia fuscous, on apical half suffusedly spotted with whitish-yellowish. 



