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(19) Scoparia forniosa Butl. 



Scoparia jucunda, xa.r. forniosa Butl. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1881, p. 331. 



Xeroscopa forniosa Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 237. 



t%. 17—18 mm. Head white. Palpi black, base and tips white. Thorax 

 white, a spot on shoulders and A-shaped dorsal mark black. Abdomen ochreous, 

 segmental margins broadly white. Forewings white or ochreous-white ; a moderate 

 black almost basal oblique fascia, posteriorly with sharp median and longer dorsal 

 projections, on costa generally followed by some black scales ; a narrow oblique 

 black fascia from before \ of costa to middle of dorsum ; orbicular and claviform 

 confluent into an irregular pentagonal black spot, anteriorly wholly confluent with 

 preceding fascia, posterior angle shortly produced to coalesce with postmedian bar; 

 a thick oblique black bar from costa before |, reaching half across wing, lower 

 extremity excavated ; a rhomboidal black praetornal spot, broadest above, preceded 

 by a black dorsal dot ; a rhomboidal black apical blotch, preceded by a black costal 

 dot, and containing an oblique white apical mark ; usually one or two black terminal 

 dots below this: cilia white. Hindwings whitish-grey, terminally suffused with grey; 

 cilia whitish, with a faint greyish line. 



2 specimens, Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet, in May. Two others previously 

 sent by Mr Blackburn from the same locality, at about 4000 feet. 



(20) Scoparia strut hias, sp. nov. 



t. 15 — [6 mm. Head white. Palpi black, base and tips white. Thorax white, 

 a spot on shoulders and A-shaped dorsal mark black. Abdomen light ochreous, 

 segmental margins white. Forewings white ; a thick black almost basal oblique 

 fascia, posteriorly with sharp median and longer dorsal projections ; a narrow oblique 

 black fascia from beyond \ of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, anterior edge 

 with triangular central prominence, posterior with a quadrate upwards-oblique 

 median projection, its posterior angle shortly produced to coalesce with postmedian 

 bar; a thick oblique black bar from costa before f, reaching half across wing, 

 lower extremity almost circularly excavated ; a rhomboidal black praetornal spot, 

 broadest above, upper posterior angle sometimes connected with apical blotch ; a 

 rhomboidal black apical blotch, preceded by a black costal dot, and containing an 

 oblique white apical mark: cilia white. Hindwings grey- whitish ; a grey discal 

 mark, and terminal suffusion; cilia white. (Plate VH. fig. 11.) 



2 specimens, Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 3000—4000 feet, in May. 



