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(34) Scoparia erebochalca, sp. nov. 



j^. 15 — 16 mm. Head and thorax shining coppery, sometimes purplish-tinged. 

 Palpi coppery-fuscous, base white. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Forewings shining 

 ferruginous-coppery, irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes purple-shining, sprinkled 

 with whitish ; no defined markings, but second and subterminal lines sometimes 

 indicated with white scales : cilia light coppery-fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled, 

 sometimes whitish-barred and with dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings pale grey, 

 coppery-tinged, terminally grey-suffused ; cilia whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



9 specimens ; 7 Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet ; 2 Kilauea, Hawaii ; in August and 

 December. 



(35) Scoparia oenopis, sp. nov. 



^ ^. 18 — 23 mm. Head dark fuscous, sometimes ochreous-tinged, with a white 

 line between eyes and antennae. Palpi dark fuscous, base white. Thorax dark 

 coppery-fuscous, sprinkled or spotted with white. Abdomen grey or whitish-grey. 

 Forewings dark orange-fuscous, more or less sprinkled irregularly with silvery-white ; 

 first line slender, oblique, silvery-white ; orbicular, claviform, and discal spot sometimes 

 indicated by darker suffusion, orbicular rather obliquely beyond claviform, claviform 

 touching first line ; a median band of silvery-white irroration ; a costal spot of 

 white suffusion at |- ; second line silvery-white, more or less interrupted and undefined ; 

 subterminal silvery-white, irregular, undefined ; a terminal series of white dots : cilia 

 fuscous, barred with white, with dark fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings light fuscous 

 or whitish-fuscous, darker terminally; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line. (Plate VII. 

 fig. 19.) 



6 specimens; 3 Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet; 2 Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet; 

 I Molokai, at 3000 feet; in April, May, June, and December. 



(36) Scoparia iiyctonibra, sp. nov. 



$. 17 — 18 mm. Head dark fuscous, ferruginous-tinged. Palpi rather dark 

 fuscous, ferruginous-tinged, base whitish. Thorax dark fuscous, somewhat sprinkled 

 with ferruginous and whitish. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings ferruginous- 

 orange, much mixed with dark fuscous ; irregularly scattered groups of white scales, 

 indicating first, second, and subterminal lines, and some markings in disc, but all 

 undefined : cilia fuscous, basal fourth dark fuscous spotted with white, tips spotted with 

 whitish. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, darker terminally ; cilia fuscous, with a 

 darker basal line. 



2 specimens, Molokai, at 4500 feet, in September. 



