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22 specimens; 5 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; i Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; 



1 Kilauea, Hawaii; i Kona, Hawaii, at 1500 feet; 3 Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet ; 



2 Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 3000 feet ; 4 Mololcai, at 4000 feet ; i Lanai, at 2000 feet ; 

 4 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; in January, and from April to December. Also 

 seven specimens received from Mr Blackburn ; the additional material now obtained 

 shows that only one species is indicated under the names quoted. My reference 

 to Scotomera tristis (1. c. p. 222) must have been made under some misapprehension, 

 as it is an Indian species. 



(18) Phlyctaenia argoscelis Meyr. 



Scopula argoscelis Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 222. 



t%- 20 — 25 mm. Head, palpi, and thora.x rather dark purplish-fuscous, some- 

 times partly ferruginous-tinged, palpi 3^ — 4, whitish towards base beneath. Abdomen 

 rather dark fuscous, segmental margins white on back. Legs dark fuscous, ringed 

 with whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi wholly suffused with white. Fore- 

 wings rather dark purple-fuscous, sometimes partially tinged with ferruginous suffusion ; 

 first line dark fuscous, bent in middle, interrupted above middle ; small roundish 

 orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot suffused with dark fuscous ; second line waved, dark 

 fuscous, sinuate-curved, at f abruptly broken inwards to below discal spot ; posterior 

 half of costa sometimes pale, more or less distinctly spotted with dark fuscous ; a 

 terminal series of dark fuscous spots: cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 

 fuscous, slightly coppery-tinged ; sometimes two obliquely placed discal dots and 

 postmedian line darker ; a terminal series of darker spots ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with 

 two cloudy darker lines. 



24 specimens; 3 Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet; i Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; 

 4 Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 3000 feet ; i Molokai, at 4000 feet ; 9 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, 

 at 4000 feet ; 6 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; from April to November. Also 

 three specimens received from Mr Blackburn. 



{19) Phlyctaenia despecta Butl. 



Rhodaria despecta Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xiv. p. 49. 



Scopula exigtia ib. xvii. p. 9. 



Scopula despecta Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 223. 



^^. 15—27 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous, sometimes infuscated, 

 palpi 3— 3i, white towards base beneath, thorax sometimes suffused with ochreous- 

 yellowish posteriorly. Abdomen grey, sometimes suffused with ochreous-yellowish 

 or ferruginous. Legs whitish, sometimes more or less variably suffused with ferruginous. 

 Forewings reddish-ochreous or fuscous-ochreous or ferruginous, sometimes much mixed 

 with dark fuscous, especially towards costa on anterior half, sometimes much tinged 



