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(5) Orthomecyna alloptila, sp. nov. 



t. 18—21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-orange, palpi somewhat 

 infuscated. Abdomen light orange, apex whitish, genital tuft of ^ black. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish, anterior pair obscurely banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 ochreous-orange, suffused towards termen with fuscous ; first and second lines hardly 

 paler, closely approximated dorsally, median band somewhat infuscated, first straight, 

 oblique, second curved on upper half ; a small undefined darker fuscous discal spot : 

 cilia ochreous-yellowish or fuscous, basal half darker fuscous. Hindwings light 

 orange ; a narrow longitudinal median streak, a broader dorsal streak, and a rather 

 narrow irregular terminal fascia cloudy dark fuscous ; cilia light orange, tips paler. 



3 specimens, Kilauea, Hawaii, in June and August. 



(6) Orthomecyna clirysophanes, sp. nov. 



Z%. 18 — 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous to ochreous- 

 orange. Abdomen pale orange, towards apex more or less whitish, genital tuft of t 

 whitish. Legs pale yellowish or ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle pair more or 

 less banded with fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, ochreous-orange, more or less 

 irrorated or in one specimen wholly suffused with fuscous, usually clearer orange 

 towards middle of costa ; first and second lines hardly indicated except by cloudy dark 

 fuscous internal margins, which are closely approximated dorsally, first nearly straight, 

 irregular, second curved outwards on upper half ; a small undefined dark fuscous discal 

 spot, seldom with an ochreous-whitish spot beyond it and another below it ; sometimes 

 a fuscous shade beyond second line ; usually slender darker fuscous subterminal and 

 terminal lines, sometimes suffused together as a narrow fascia : cilia fuscous, with a 

 dark fuscous line. Hindwings light orange ; usually a more or less developed 

 narrow dark fuscous terminal fascia, with a triangular projection inwards in middle, 

 often interrupted below middle or much reduced or sometimes wholly obsolete ; 

 sometimes a narrow median streak of dark fuscous irroration, and a broader dorsal 

 streak ; cilia light orange, tips yellow-whitish. (Plate VL fig. 24.) 



14 specimens; 13 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet; i Kaholuamano, Kauai, 

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



(7) Orthomecyna albicaudata Butl. 



Orthomecyna albicaudata Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xix. p. 178; Meyr. Trans. Ent. 



Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 226. 

 Sufficiently described. 



One specimen, Lanai, at 3000 feet, in July. Mr Blackburn's specimens were 

 from the same island. 



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