238 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Legs ochreous-whitish banded with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae above with dense 

 blackish tuft of hairs before middle. Forewings ochreous-brown or deep yellow- 

 ochreous, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous ; subbasal line indicated by some 

 black scales on upper half; first line represented by a broad ochreous-whitish fascia, 

 anteriorly suffused but extending almost to subbasal line, posterior edge slightly curved, 

 more or less blackish-margined ; an 8-shaped discal spot sometimes more yellow- 

 ochreous but hardly defined ; second line obscurely pale or fuscous-whitish, sometimes 

 very little marked, sometimes edged anteriorly with yellow-ochreous and blackish 

 scales, middle third curved outwards ; a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous 

 spots : cilia light fuscous, paler-mixed, with dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings 

 pale ochreous-yellowish ; a moderate blackish-fuscous terminal fascia, with short 

 triangular projection inwards in middle ; a moderate ochreous-whitish dorsal lobe, 

 with short black tuft of hairs on inner side and similar light yellowish tuft on outer 

 side, neither reaching apex, which is naked ; no costal hair-pencil ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, basal third rather dark fuscous. 



5 specimens, Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet, from June to September. 



(23) Mestolobes perixantha, sp. nov. 



i%. 13 — 18 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish to ochreous-yellowish. 

 Thorax ochreous-orange, sometimes mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 yellow, base of segments more or less marked with dark fuscous. Legs pale 

 ochreous-yellowish, more or less banded with dark fuscous. Forewings ochreous- 

 orange, very variably irrorated with dark fuscous (very densely, or partially, or 

 hardly at all), sometimes mixed with white in disc and towards base ; first line 

 thick, white, rather curved, anteriorly edged with blackish-fuscous; an 8-shaped discal 

 spot outlined with dark fuscous or almost obsolete, in one specimen preceded by a 

 similar white spot ; second line slender, white, sometimes little marked, middle third 

 curved outwards : cilia ochreous-yellowish or fuscous-whitish, variably or not mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwings ochreous-yellow ; a very variable dark fuscous terminal 

 fascia, sometimes occupying posterior half of wing, or narrow, or reduced to an apical 

 suffusion, or almost wholly obsolete ; in ^ a rather long broad ochreous-whitish dorsal 

 lobe, clothed on sides with pale yellowish hairs, and an ochreous-yellow costal hair- 

 pencil ; cilia pale yellowish, sometimes with fuscous line. (Plate VL fig. 20.) 



10 specimens ; 9 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; i Kaholuamano, Kauai, 

 at 4000 feet; from April to June. Exceedingly variable. 



(24) Mestolobes semiochrea Butl. 



Mestolobes semiochrea Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 39; Meyr. op. id. 

 1888, p. 229. 



