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fuscous becoming lighter anteriorly ; in ^ a small patch of pale yellowish suffusion 

 below middle of disc, a moderately broad whitish-ochreous dorsal lobe ending in a 

 tuft of whitish and dark fuscous hairs, and a yellow-whitish hair-pencil lying in a 

 pale yellowish costal patch; cilia whitish or fuscous-whitish, basal third fuscous 

 (Plate VI. fig. 16.) 



7 specimens, Molokai, at 3000—4500 feet, from June to September. 



(16) Mestolobes eurylyca, sp. nov. 



<?. 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 lighter on back, beneath with two small whitish-ochreous tufts near base. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous, anterior tibiae and tarsi and middle tarsi banded with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings ochreous-fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous ; first line represented by a 

 rather broad well-defined slightly curved ochreous-whitish fascia before middle; an 

 obscure ochreous 8-shaped discal spot touching its posterior edge; second line more 

 ochreous, curved, but hardly traceable, followed by a few whitish scales, more distinct 

 on costa ; a terminal series of cloudy blackish-fuscous spots : cilia light greyish-ochreous 

 obscurely barred with dark fuscous, with a blackish-fuscous line. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; a moderately broad rather dark fuscous dorsal lobe, clothed 

 on inner side with whitish and on outer side with blackish-fuscous hairs ; a light 

 ochreous curled hair-pencil lying in an ochreous-whitish costal patch ; cilia grey-whitish, 

 basal third rather dark fuscous. 



I specimen, Lanai, at 2000 feet, in January. 



( I 7) Mestolobes orihrias, sp. nov. 



$. 17 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, face white. Thorax ochreous- 

 fuscous. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, two basal segments and apical bands of next 

 three ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior tibiae and tarsi and middle 

 tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings ochreous-brown ; first line thick, curved, 

 white, anteriorly edged with blackish, posteriorly with yellow-ochreous suffusion ; an 

 8-shaped discal spot obscurely outlined with dark fuscous ; second line very obscurely 

 indicated with whitish and dark fuscous scales, slender, curved-bent, forming a more 

 distinct whitish mark on costa ; a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots : cilia 

 fuscous, base whitish, with a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings ochreous-white ; 

 a moderately broad dark fuscous terminal fascia, becoming suffused beneath and not 

 reaching tornus ; a moderate ochreous-whitish dorsal lobe, clothed on both sides with 

 whitish hairs ; an ochreous-whitish costal hair-pencil ; cilia whitish, basal half grey 

 except towards tornus. (Plate VI. fig. 17.) 



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

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