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between them often pale ; discal spot followed by a conspicuous white suffusion, 

 variable in extent ; second line white, anteriorly black-edged, sinuate-curved to rather 

 near tornus, at | abruptly broken inwards to beneath discal spot, near below which 

 it emits a short black tooth inwards ; posterior half of costa spotted with blackish, 

 alternating with two or more whitish-ochreous spots ; a terminal series of round 

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

 dark fuscous, with darker terminal band ; two obliquely placed darker discal dots ; cilia 

 dark fuscous, apical half whitish. 



20 specimens ; 4 Kona, Hawaii, from 1500 to 5000 feet; i Waianae Mts., Oahu, 

 at 2000 feet; 3 Molokai, at 3000 feet; i Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet ; i Wailuku, 

 Maui ; 10 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; from April to August. Also twenty 

 specimens received from Mr Blackburn ; the original type-specimen was from 

 Haleakala. 



(9) Phlyctaenia iocrossa, sp. nov. 



^. 20 — 25 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, sometimes much mixed 

 with ferruginous, thorax with more or less developed central yellowish spot and 

 sometimes white posterior mark, palpi 2^. Abdomen dark fuscous, towards apex 

 ferruginous-marked, segmental margins white. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish, 

 posterior tibiae whitish above. Forewings rather dark fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged ; 

 a more or less defined streak of ferruginous-orange suffusion along costa from base 

 to apex, posteriorly marked with four quadrate dark fuscous costal spots ; a white 

 median subbasal dot; first line thick, straight, vertical, whitish-orange, beneath costal 

 streak forming a quadrate white spot enclosing a dark fuscous dot or mark ; a whitish 

 longitudinal dash before second line above middle, and a whitish dot above this ; 

 sometimes some orange suffusion towards middle of dorsum ; second line slender, 

 whitish-orange, anteriorly darker-edged, marked with white beneath costal streak, 

 middle third curved outwards, indistinct or nearly obsolete ; sometimes a whitish 

 suffusion between veins towards termen ; a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous 

 spots separated by pale or whitish dots : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 

 fuscous ; two obliquely placed darker discal dots, and sometimes a faint second line ; 

 cilia dark fuscous, apical half paler. (Plate V. fig. 25.) 



6 specimens; 4 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; i Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; i 

 Molokai, at 4000 feet ; in January, June, September, and November. 



(10) P lilyctaenia niicacea Butl. 



Aporodes micacea Butl. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. 1881, p. 326. 

 Scopula micacea Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 220. 



t%- 18 — 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, more or less mixed 



