256 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(17) Scoparia actias, sp. nov. 



^ ^. 16 — 17 mm. Head white. Palpi black, base and tips, and apex of second 

 joint white. Thorax white, a spot on shoulders and a A-shaped dorsal mark black. 

 Abdomen brownish-ochreous, segmental margins white. Forewings white, with some 

 scattered black scales; a moderate irregular-edged oblique black almost basal fascia; 

 a narrow irregular oblique black fascia from \ of costa to middle of dorsum, sharply 

 attenuated in middle, sometimes expanded posteriorly on dorsum with black suffusion ; 

 orbicular and claviform small, round, black, transversely placed, separate or confluent, 

 sometimes connected separately with preceding fascia ; discal 8-shaped, black-outlined, 

 lower half incomplete, upper touching a small black costal spot ; a rhomboidal black 

 praetornal spot, broadest above, anterior edge sharply indented ; an inwardly oblique 

 oblong black anteapical spot, preceded by a small black costal mark, and connected 

 beneath with a triangular black spot on middle of termen ; a terminal series of 

 black dots : cilia white, with a thick blackish interrupted antemedian line, tips 

 obscurely spotted with blackish. Hindwings whitish-grey, posteriorly suffused with 

 darker grey, with obscure pale posterior line ; a grey discal mark ; cilia whitish, with 

 a grey line. (Plate VII. fig. 10.) 



4 specimens ; 3 Olaa, Hawaii, at 2000 feet ; i Kona, Hawaii, at 2000 feet ; in 

 July, September, and November. 



(18) Scoparia melanoccp/iala, sp. nov. 



$. 17 mm. Head black, centre of face and sides of crown white. Palpi black, 

 base and tips white. Thorax white mixed with black, anteriorly broadly black. Abdo- 

 men brownish-ochreous, segmental margins white. Forewings ochreous-white, with 

 some scattered black scales ; a moderate oblique black almost basal fascia, posterior 

 edge with median and dorsal projections, followed by some black irroration ; a rather 

 narrow oblique black fascia from beyond :|: of costa to before middle of dorsum, almost 

 interrupted (reduced to a fine line) towards middle ; orbicular and claviform confluent 

 into an 8-shaped transverse black spot, connected above and below middle with 

 preceding fascia, and in middle with postmedian bar ; a broad oblique black bar 

 from costa at f, reaching half across wing, lower extremity excavated ; a rhomboidal 

 black praetornal spot, broadest above ; an inwardly oblique black mark from costa 

 at f, reaching nearly half across wing ; a rhomboidal black apical blotch, containing 

 an oblique white mark not reaching apex ; two black dots on lower part of termen : 

 cilia white, with an interrupted black subbasal line, and tips spotted with dark grey 

 round apex. Hindwings whitish-grey, terminally suffused with grey ; cilia whitish, 

 with a dark grey line becoming obsolete towards tornus. 



I specimen, Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet, in September. 



