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(21) PJilyctaenia endopyra, sp. nov. 



.??• 15 — 21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-orange, more or less 

 mixed with dark fuscous, palpi 2^ — 3, whitish towards base beneath. Abdomen 

 greyish-ochreous mixed with dark fuscous, segmental margins whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish or brownish-ochreous, more or less suffused with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae 

 more whitish. Forewings elongate, ferruginous-orange or deep ferruginous, sometimes 

 suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous except towards costa, where it is sometimes 

 brighter orange ; first line dark fuscous, rectangularly bent in middle, sometimes 

 obsolete on upper half; roundish orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot more or less 

 suffused with dark fuscous, in $ closely approximated and separated only by a vertical 

 yellow linear mark (seldom obsolete), in ? separated by a clear orange quadrate spot, 

 orbicular preceded by a smaller similar spot ; posterior half of costa sometimes spotted 

 with dark fuscous ; second line dark fuscous, upper portion parallel to termen, slightly 

 sinuate near costa, below middle abruptly broken inwards to beneath discal spot ; 

 a terminal series of dark fuscous dots : cilia fuscous, tips obscurely whitish. Hindwings 

 in $ whitish-ochreous, grey-sprinkled, in % light fuscous, slightly yellowish-tinged ; 

 two obliquely placed darker discal dots ; a curved darker grey postmedian line ; in 

 $ sometimes a terminal fascia of grey suffusion ; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots ; 

 cilia fuscous-whitish, with fuscous subbasal line. 



6 specimens ; 4 Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet, from March to May ; 2 Hilo, 

 Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in January. Distinguished from its allies by form of second 

 line. 



(22) Phlydaenia rhodias, sp. nov. 



^ ^. IQ — 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous or dark reddish, partially 

 sprinkled with dark grey, palpi 2^— 3, white towards base beneath. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs light yellow-ochreous, more or less suffused with reddish. Forewings 

 elongate, rosy-ochreous, irrorated with dull crimson ; lines dark grey, ill-defined, first 

 obtusely angulated in middle, second waved, unevenly curved on upper portion, below 

 middle abruptly broken inwards beneath discal spot ; roundish orbicular and 8-shaped 

 discal spot indistinctly outlined or suffused with dark grey; a terminal series of 

 blackish dots: cilia dull purplish, mixed with dark grey. Hindwings dull ochreous- 

 whitish, sometimes posteriorly rosy-tinged; two obliquely placed grey discal dots; 

 an indistinct curved grey postmedian line ; a terminal series of blackish dots ; cilia 

 whitish or rosy-whitish. 



3 specimens ; 2 Molokai, at 4500 feet, in September ; i Lanai, at 3000 feet, 

 in July. 



M. F. H. ^9 



