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(20) Mestolobes aphrias, sp. nov. 



t%. 19— 23 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, in ^ mixed with whitish. Palpi 

 fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, 

 anterior and middle pair in $ more or less banded with dark fuscous, in $ suffused 

 with rather dark fuscous. Forewings white, in J variably irrorated with fuscous and 

 dark fuscous, in % almost wholly suffused with rather dark fuscous mixed with yellow- 

 ochreous and black ; first line in ^ represented by a moderately broad pale fascia, in ? 

 narrower, posteriorly edged with dark fuscous, angularly projecting in middle and near 

 dorsum ; an 8-shaped discal spot partially edged with dark fuscous, in <? white, in ? 

 ochreous ; second line white, partially edged with dark fuscous, curved outwards 

 from i to I ; a terminal series of cloudy dark fuscous spots : cilia ochreous-whitish 

 indistinctly barred with fuscous, with a dark fuscous line. Hindwings in ^ whitish- 

 yellowish, with an apical blotch of dark fuscous suffusion, and some dark fuscous 

 irroration along remainder of termen ; in % dark fuscous, darker terminally ; in ^ with 

 whitish-yellowish dorsal lobe, terminating in a tuft of hairs with apical half blackish, 

 and a yellowish costal hair-pencil ; cilia whitish-yellowish, in % with dark fuscous line. 



5 specimens, Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 4000 feet, in April. 



(21) Mestolobes mesacma, sp. nov. 



(?. 14 — 20 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish, sometimes fuscous-mixed. 

 Thorax fuscous mixed with ochreous-whitish. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, towards 

 base more or less suffused with ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, banded 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings brownish-ochreous, more or less mixed irregularly 

 with dark fuscous ; subbasal line blackish on upper half; first line thick, ochreous- 

 white, somewhat curved or nearly straight, posteriorly edged with blackish ; an 

 8-shaped ochreous discal spot outlined with blackish ; second line pale ochreous, 

 partially edged with dark fuscous, middle third curved outwards ; a terminal series 

 of cloudy dark fuscous spots : cilia fuscous-whitish mixed with fuscous, with a blackish- 

 fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings whitish-yellowish, base whiter; a moderately broad 

 blackish-fuscous terminal fascia, in middle sending a strong wedge-shaped projection 

 inwards to before middle of disc ; a moderately broad whitish-yellowish dorsal lobe, 

 ending in a tuft of black hairs ; no costal hair-pencil ; cilia as in forewings. (Plate VI. 

 fig. 19.) 



5 specimens, Molokai, at 3000 — 4500 feet, from June to August. 



{22) Mestolobes chlorolychna, sp. nov. 



^. 14 — 1 2 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous more or less mixed 

 with fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, more or less mixed with whitish-ochreous. 



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