2i8 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



with coppery-purplish ; first line dark fuscous, bent in middle but usually obsolete 

 on costal half; roundish orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot outlined with dark fuscous ; 

 second line waved or denticulate, dark fuscous, more or less curved on upper portion, 

 sometimes sinuate near costa, below middle with an abrupt semicircular excavation 

 inwards beneath discal spot ; posterior half of costa sometimes spotted with dark 

 fuscous ; a terminal series of dark fuscous or blackish dots : cilia rather dark fuscous, 

 tips obscurely whitish. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly, sometimes mixed with 

 lio-hter ochreous suffusion ; two obliquely placed dark fuscous discal dots ; usually 

 an indistinct darker postmedian line as in forewings ; a terminal series of blackish dots ; 

 cilia grey or grey-whitish, with dark grey subbasal line. 



55 specimens; i8 Kona, Hawaii, at 3500 — 4000 feet; 3 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 

 feet; i Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; 7 Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 2000 — 3000 feet; 

 I Lanai, at 2000 feet ; 2 Molokai, at 3000 feet ; 9 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; 

 14 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet; occurs all the year round. Also recorded from 

 Maui by Mr Blackburn, from whom I received 24 specimens ; he has described the 

 larva, Ent. Mo. Mag. xix. 56. This species varies locally, especially in size, and I 

 found it hard to believe that the extreme forms could be identical, but after prolonged 

 examination I can find no reliable distinctions. The small rather dull form originally 

 described is the Oahu form ; the Kona specimens are all medium-sized, lighter-coloured ; 

 the largest and darkest specimens (mostly purple-tinged) are from Kauai (especially 

 Mts. Waimea), but transitional specimens from the same localities also occur. The 

 single Hilo specimen is very purple-tinged, indistinctly marked. Probably these 

 differences are directly attributable to climatic influences. 



(20) Phlydaenia liopis, sp. nov. 



^?. 20 — 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light fuscous-reddish, palpi 2^ — ^3. 

 Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, more or less suffused with dull 

 ochreous-reddish. Forewings elongate, pale ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with light 

 fuscous and reddish ; first line dark fuscous, irregular, sometimes obsolete on costal 

 half or wholly ; roundish orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot fuscous, in % ill-defined ; 

 second line dark fuscous, waved, sometimes indistinct, upper portion unevenly curved, 

 below middle with an abrupt semicircular excavation inwards beneath discal spot ; a 

 series of dark fuscous dots along termen and apical third of costa : cilia fuscous-whitish 

 with obscure reddish-fuscous line. Hindwings whitish, faintly ochreous-tinged, in ^ 

 suffused with light reddish and fuscous towards apex ; two obliquely placed dark fuscous 

 discal dots ; in <y a dark fuscous postmedian line ; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots, 

 sometimes indistinct; cilia whitish, faintly reddish-tinged. (Plate V. fig. 30.) 



3 specimens, Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 — 6000 feet, in April and May. 



