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(7) Phlydaenia monticolans Butl. 



Locastra monticolens Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 34. 



Scoptda monticolans Meyr. Op. id. 1888, p. 219. 



^?. 21—25 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, sprinkled with ferruginous 

 or whitish ; thorax crested, with a spot on each side of back and a posterior spot 

 whitish; palpi i^ — if. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins whitish. Legs 

 dark fuscous, ringed with white, posterior tibiae suffused with whitish. Forewings 

 dark fuscous, variably mixed or irrorated with black, reddish-ochreous, and white, 

 sometimes from subbasal to second line wholly suffused with reddish-ochreous or 

 prismatic white ; a more or less developed straight black subbasal line or fascia ; 

 first line thick, black, slightly curved, sometimes broadly interrupted below middle ; 

 roundish orbicular and oblong-oval discal spot outlined with black (in one specimen 

 almost obsolete) ; second line more or less whitish, anteriorly black-edged, waved, 

 suddenly indented near costa, curved outwards to rather near termen, at f abruptly 

 broken inwards to beneath discal spot ; a series of large semioval dark fuscous dots 

 along termen and apical portion of costa, alternating with white dots, sometimes 

 obsolete: cilia dark fuscous, apical half spotted with whitish. Hindwings rather 

 dark fuscous, darker terminally ; two obliquely placed darker discal dots ; cilia as 

 in forewings. 



17 specimens; 4 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; i Panoa Valley, Oahu, at 1500 feet; 

 10 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 400Q feet; 2 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet; from 

 March to June, and in November. Mr Blackburn's specimens were from near 

 Honolulu, at 1500 feet. I have redescribed this species, as my former description 

 did not cover the considerable range of variation now shown to exist. 



(8) Phlyctaenia nigrescetts Butl. 



Mecyna nigrescens Butl. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. 1881, p. 328. 



Melanomecyna nigrescens id. Ent. Mo. Mag. xix. p. 179. 



Scapula nigrescens Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 220. 



^%. 14 — 18 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous mixed with pale ochreous. 

 Palpi 2 — 2:^, dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental 

 margins white. Legs dark fuscous ringed with white, posterior tibiae suffused with 

 whitish. Forewings fuscous, with coppery reflections, variably mixed with dark fuscous, 

 whitish-ochreous, and whitish ; first line black, preceded by whitish suffusion, lower 

 half strong and touching orbicular beneath, upper half reduced to an indistinct mark 

 beneath costa ; roundish orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot black-outlined, space 



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