232 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, purpHsh-tinged ; a small triangular white spot on 

 dorsum before middle ; a smaller ochreous-whitish spot on costa at f : cilia whitish, 

 barred with dark fuscous, and with a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged ; cilia whitish, basal third dark fuscous. (Plate VI. 



fig- 1 3-) 



I specimen, Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet, in May. 



(9) Mestolobes iochrysa, sp. nov. 



?. 13 — 14 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides of face and edges of collar whitish. 

 Palpi black, obliquely barred with white. Antennae whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. 

 Thorax black, somewhat mixed with whitish. Abdomen blackish, segmental margins 

 whitish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish. Forewings blackish ; an almost 

 basal undefined ochreous-whitish line, space between this and first line wholly fer- 

 ruginous-ochreous except on costa; first line at ^, whitish, angulated above middle, 

 followed by a similar ferruginous line ; median area more or less mixed and on dorsal 

 half mostly suffused with whitish ; an undefined 8-shaped discal spot filled with fer- 

 ruginous ; second line at f, ferruginous, curved, followed by a similar whitish line; 

 an undefined ferruginous subterminal line ; a short white costal mark before apex : 

 cilia dark grey, on upper half of termen more or less distinctly barred with white, 

 with a blackish subbasal line. Hindwings blackish ; cilia dark grey, with blackish 

 subbasal line. (Plate VI. fig. 14.) 



2 specimens, Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet, in May. 



(10) Mestolobes droseropa, sp. nov. 



$. 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, thorax with a few fuscous- 

 whitish scales. (Abdomen broken.) Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous, with a few irregularly scattered whitish scales ; subbasal line 

 blackish, followed by some whitish scales, interrupted below middle ; first and second 

 lines blackish, somewhat mixed with light ochreous-yellowish, first before middle, 

 straight, oblique, second at ^, angulated above middle, edged posteriorly on costa 

 by a whitish mark ; an undefined 8-shaped discal spot outlined with blackish, partially 

 filled with light ochreous-yellowish ; terminal area beyond this strewn with light 

 ochreous-yellowish scales ; a small whitish mark on costa before apex : cilia dark 

 fuscous, basal third blackish-fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous, somewhat lighter 

 anteriorly ; cilia as in forewings. 



I specimen, probably from Kilauea, Hawaii, in August. 



