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second curved, indented below costa, below middle rectangularly broken inwards to 

 beneath discal spot ; included median band rather darker-suffused except on costa ; 

 roundish orbicular and reniform discal spot darker, separated by a pale or ochreous- 

 white spot ; posterior half of costa dotted with dark fuscous ; a terminal series of dark 

 fuscous marks : cilia ochreous-whitish, barred with fuscous, with two dark fuscous lines. 

 Hindwings rather light fuscous ; two obliquely placed dark fuscous discal dots ; a waved 

 dark fuscous postmedian line, with middle third curved outwards ; terminal marks and 

 cilia as in forewings. 



16 specimens; 3 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet, in November; i Hilo, Hawaii, at 

 2000 feet, in January ; 9 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet, in April ; 3 Mts. Waimea, 

 Kauai, at 4000 feet, in May and June. 



(5) Pyrausta thermantis, sp. nov. 



,? $. 19 — 21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous, mixed with black and 

 pale ochreous, palpi 2^ — 3. Abdomen fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 ferruginous, partly suffused with black. Forewings ferruginous, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; first and second lines obscurely ochreous-whitish, edged internally with dark 

 fuscous, first somewhat angulated above middle, obsolete towards costa, second curved, 

 slightly waved, indented beneath costa, below middle sending an abrupt narrow loop 

 inwards to beneath discal spot ; roundish orbicular and reniform discal spot outlined 

 with dark fuscous, separated by a quadrate spot of whitish suffusion, discal spot followed 

 by some whitish suffusion ; costa posteriorly spotted with dark and pale ; a spot of dark 

 fuscous suffusion beyond second line beneath costa ; a terminal series of obscure dark 

 fuscous dots: cilia grey, paler-mixed, with darker subbasal line. Hindwings light 

 fuscous ; two obliquely placed dark grey discal dots ; a curved dark grey postmedian 

 line, obscurely pale-edged posteriorly ; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with two grey lines. (Plate VI. fig. 3.) 



3 specimens, Olaa, Hawaii, in June. 



(6) Pyrausta brontias, sp. nov. 



$%. 21 — 25 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, crown often mixed with 

 ferruginous-ochreous, palpi 3— 3^. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, segmental margins 

 whitish, anal tuft pale ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings glossy dark purplish-fuscous ; often a ferruginous-ochreous dorsal suffusion 

 before first line ; first and second lines blackish-fuscous, first hardly traceable, second 

 often more or less edged posteriorly with ochreous-whitish, curved, indented beneath 

 costa, below middle forming an abrupt loop inwards beneath discal spot ; roundish 

 orbicular and 8-shaped discal spot darker, sometimes very indistinct ; a terminal series 



