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in middle : cilia white, somewhat mixed with fuscous towards tips, with a blackish 

 or dark yellowish-fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings pale grey, becoming darker 

 posteriorly, sometimes with faint whitish posterior line ; cilia whitish-grey or whitish, 

 with more or less marked dark grey subbasal line. (Plate VI I. fig. 18.) 



5 specimens ; 4 Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; i Lanai, at 2000 feet; in January. 



(32) Scoparia biuolica, sp. nov. 



J. 17 — 20 mm. Head and thorax yellowish-fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, base and tips whitish. Abdomen fuscous, mixed or suffused with 

 whitish. Forewings yellowish-fuscous, irrorated with whitish, sometimes much suffused 

 with ochreous-yellowish, more or less sprinkled with black, veins posteriorly sometimes 

 marked with black lines ; basal area with irregular median blackish streak, and two 

 blackish dashes towards dorsum ; first line somewhat curved, oblique, whitish, posteriorly 

 strongly edged with black suffusion ; claviform moderate, roundish, black, confluent 

 with this suffusion ; orbicular annular, partly outlined with black, connected with 

 discal by a streak or spot of whitish suffusion ; discal 8-shaped, little defined, towards 

 middle much suffused with black ; second line whitish, well-defined, nearer termen than 

 usual ; subterminal cloudy, whitish, confluent with second in middle, sometimes 

 obsolete ; a terminal series of cloudy blackish marks : cilia whitish, mixed with fuscous, 

 with darker fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings whitish-grey, terminally grey-suffused ; 

 cilia whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



3 specimens, Molokai, at 4000 — 4500 feet, from June to August. 



{11) Scoparia pyrsentis, sp. nov. 



?. 16—19 mm. Head and thorax whitish, more or less mixed or irrorated with 

 dark fuscous. Palpi fuscous, base and tips whitish. Abdomen fuscous, segmental 

 margins whitish-suffused. Forewings whitish, finely sprinkled with fuscous and 

 blackish, sometimes partly tinged with ochreous-yellow suffusion; first line rather 

 strongly oblique, straight, white, rather remotely preceded by a similar fainter line, 

 and posteriorly edged with darker suffusion ; a short black mark beyond this above 

 middle ; claviform elongate, black, touching posterior margin of first line ; orbicular 

 small, black, somewhat transverse, obliquely beyond claviform, separated from discal 

 by a whitish spot ; discal 8-shaped. litde defined, lower half whitish, upper half laterally 

 edged with black ; second line white, tolerably defined ; subterminal cloudy, whitish, 

 ill-defined, approximated to second in middle ; a terminal series of dark fuscous or 

 blackish dots : cilia whitish, faintly barred with fuscous, with two interrupted or little 

 marked dark fuscous lines. Hindwings whitish, terminally grey-suffused ; cilia white. 



2 specimens, Kona, Hawaii, at 3000—6000 feet, in August and October. 



