I 



MA CROLEPIDOPTERA 



(5) Mestolobes erinnys, sp. nov. 



2\\ 



i. 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs rather dark fuscous. 

 Forewings with termen concave beneath obtusely prominent apex, then prominently 

 rounded ; dark purplish-fuscous ; first and second lines darker, suffusedly mixed with 

 light ochreous-yellowish, first at f, sharply angulated above middle, second at f, 

 nearly straight : cilia fuscous, with darker subbasal line (imperfect). Hindwings dark 

 fuscous : a moderate fuscous dorsal lobe, ending in tuft of fuscous hairs, but no costal 

 hair-pencil; cilia fuscous-whitish, basal third dark fuscous. (Plate VI. fig. 12.) 



I specimen, Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 2200 feet, in April. Differs from all the 

 rest by the peculiar form of forewings. 



(6) Mestolobes arctura, sp. nov. 



?. 13 — 14 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish-fuscous, coppery-tinged, 

 abdomen with genital tuft of densely packed black hair-scales. Palpi blackish mixed 

 with fuscous-whitish. Legs fuscous. Forewings rather narrow, blackish-fuscous, 

 coppery-tinged ; first, median, and second lines obscure, grey-purplish, ill-defined, first 

 at I", slender, angulated above middle, median broad on costal half, hardly marked 

 beneath, second at ^, slender, curved, almost angulated in middle ; some light purplish 

 scales on termen : cilia purplish-fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



2 specimens, Molokai, at 4500 feet, in July and September. The female is 

 distinguished from all others by the singular genital tuft ; but if this is connected with 

 oviposition, there may be nothing analogous in the male. 



(7) Mestolobes sirina, sp. nov. 



^. 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark fuscous. Forewings 

 rather narrow, dark fuscous, slightly coppery-tinged : cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous 

 subbasal line. Hindwings blackish-fuscous ; a moderate whitish dorsal lobe, ending 

 in a tuft of whitish hairs, and a whitish costal hair-pencil ; cilia as in forewings. 



I specimen, Lanai, at 3000 feet, in July. 



(8) Mestolobes epidelta, sp. nov, 



%. 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark purplish-fuscous; base 

 of palpi whitish ; apex of patagia white ; segmental margins white ; legs ringed with 



