2IO 



FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; two obliquely placed darker discal dots ; cilia as 

 in forewings. (Plate V. fig. 23.) 



22 specimens; 20 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; 2 Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; in 

 January, September, and November. 



(5) Phlyctaenia chyti'Opa, sp. nov. 



$. 18 — 21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, palpi 2\. Abdomen dark grey, segmental margins ochreous-whitish. Legs 

 dark fuscous, ringed with whitish, middle tibiae suffusedly banded with whitish or 

 with terminal half wholly white, posterior tibiae mostly suffused with whitish. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous, irregularly and suffusedly mixed with whitish and whitish-ochreous ; 

 a subbasal spot of dark suffusion ; first line irregular, obscurely pale, anteriorly 

 suffused, posteriorly dark-edged ; quadrate orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot dark- 

 suffused ; second line whitish, anteriorly black-edged, posteriorly partly edged with 

 dark suffusion, middle third curved outwards ; subterminal line obscurely indicated 

 by whitish suffusion ; three indistinct blackish spots before termen in middle ; a series of 

 blackish spots along termen and posterior half of costa ; cilia fuscous, apical half spotted 

 with whitish. Hindwings fuscous or rather dark fuscous, darker posteriorly; two 

 obliquely placed darker discal dots ; cilia as in forewings. 



2 specimens ; i Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; i Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 

 2000 feet ; in April and May. 



(6) Phlyctaenia ephippias, sp. nov. 



<J. 19 — 24 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-yellowish irrorated with black, 

 thorax with small white central spot. Palpi 2, blackish, sprinkled with pale yellowish. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Legs blackish, ringed with white, posterior tibiae suffused with 

 white. Forewings dull fuscous-purplish, densely irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous 

 and light yellowish ; a darker blotch occupying costal f from base to end of discal spot, 

 leaving dorsal fourth more yellowish ; an undefined white median basal dot ; first line 

 dark fuscous, bent in middle, interrupted above middle and on costa ; round orbicular 

 and 8-shaped discal spot outlined with dark fuscous, with a few white scales between 

 them ; an undefined spot of whitish scales below discal spot ; space between discal spot 

 and second line irregularly suffused with pale yellowish ; second line pale yellowish, 

 anteriorly edged with dark fuscous, slightly waved, sinuate-curved outwards to near 

 termen above tornus, indistinct in disc, rectangularly broken inwards to beneath discal 

 spot, towards costa marked with a white dot ; a dark fuscous terminal line marked 

 with white dots ; cilia light fuscous mixed with whitish, with a dark fuscous line, and 

 obscurely spotted with dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous ; two obliquely placed darker 

 discal dots ; cilia as in forewings. (Plate V. fig. 24.) 



4 specimens, Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet, in May and June. 



