MACROLEPIDOPTERA 259 



(23) Scoparia cryerodes, sp. nov. 



<??• 13—17 mm- Head white, with black spot before antennae. Palpi black, 

 base and apex white. Thorax white, a spot on shoulders and A-shaped dorsal mark 

 black, in $ more mixed with black. Abdomen grey, segmental margins whitish. 

 Forewings white, with some scattered black scales, in $ irregularly irrorated with 

 black ; a moderate oblique black almost basal fascia, posterior edge with acute median 

 and dorsal projections ; a narrow irregular curved oblique black fascia from before \ of 

 costa to middle of dorsum ; an irregularly 8-shaped transverse black mark (representing 

 orbicular and claviform) close beyond this, connected with it above and below middle, 

 and connected in middle with postmedian bar ; a moderate oblique black bar from 

 costa before f , reaching half across wing, lower extremity excavated or in $ annular ; 

 a rhomboidal black praetornal spot, broadest above, posterior edge indented, in ? 

 slenderly connected above with apical blotch ; a rhomboidal black apical blotch, 

 preceded by a black costal dot (in ? extended to indicate margin of second line on 

 upper half), and including an oblique white apical mark ; a terminal series of black 

 dots partially absorbed in this : cilia white, in ? with blackish interrupted subbasal 

 line. Hindwings in ,? pale grey, in % grey, terminally darker-suffused ; cilia pale grey, 

 in ? with darker basal line. (Plate VII. fig. 13.) 



53 specimens ; 24 Mts. Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet ; 29 Kaholuamano, Kauai, at 

 4000 feet ; from April to June. This is the only species of the genus, so far as 

 appears, which shows a notable difference in colouring between the sexes ; although 

 this consists essentially only of an increase in the black scales of the $, the result 

 is sufficiently marked and constant to allow of the sexes being mistaken for distinct 

 species. 



(24) Scoparia crataea, sp. nov. 



^ ?. 15 — 20 mm. Head and thorax white, much mixed or partly suffused with 

 black. Palpi black, base and tips white. Abdomen grey, segmental margins whitish. 

 Forewings white, irregularly irrorated with black ; a moderate oblique black almost 

 basal fascia, outer edge with acute median and subdorsal projections, often obscured by 

 irroration ; first line clear white, edged posteriorly by a rather narrow curved oblique 

 black fascia from before ^ of costa to middle of dorsum ; a rather outwardly oblique 

 8-shaped black spot (representing orbicular and claviform), more or less suffusedly 

 connected with preceding fascia and with postmedian bar; a moderate oblique black 

 bar from costa before f , reaching half across wing, lower extremity excavated or 

 annular, connected beneath with apical blotch ; an irregular rhomboidal black praetornal 

 M. F. H. 34 



