266 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



4000 feet; i Waianae Mts., Oahu ; 3 Lanai, at 3000 feet ; from April to July. Differs 

 from the preceding by the smaller size, somewhat narrower forewings, the frequent 

 presence of a distinct white central line on crown, and the indistinctness of the normal 

 spots, which are often almost obsolete. 



(39) Scoparia melichlora, sp. nov. 



j*^. 15 — 20 mm. Head pale yellowish, with a blackish spot before antennae. 

 Palpi black, tips and apex of basal joint yellow-whitish. Thorax pale yellowish, more 

 or less sprinkled with dark fuscous, a spot on shoulders and central dorsal spot blackish. 

 Abdomen silvery-grey, segmental margins whitish. Forewings pale ochreous-yellow, 

 sprinkled with black ; a moderate oblique black almost basal fascia ; first line pale 

 yellow, very oblique, edged anteriorly by an irregular black line narrowly separated 

 from edge of basal fascia, and posteriorly by a thicker black line or slender fascia ; 

 orbicular and claviform black, dot-like, claviform confluent with posterior edge of first 

 line, orbicular obliquely beyond claviform ; discal 8-shaped, black, more or less 

 connected by suffusion with costa, upper half pale-centred or wholly black, lower 

 half filled with pale yellowish ; a small blackish mark on costa at | ; an inwardly 

 oblique oblong black anteapical spot, more or less connected beneath with a triangular 

 black spot on middle of termen ; a rhomboidal black praetornal spot, broadest above, 

 posterior edge sharply indented, with a triangular black terminal mark entering the 

 indentation : cilia whitish, with two more or less marked interrupted lines, first blackish, 

 second cloudy grey. Hindwings whitish-grey, termen grey-suffused ; cilia whitish, with 

 grey subbasal line. (Plate VII. fig. 21.) 



139 specimens ; 91 Hilo, Hawaii, at 2000 feet ; 47 Olaa, Hawaii ; i Kona, Hawaii, 

 at 2000 feet ; in January, June, July, September, and December. 



(40) Scoparia zophocJilora, sp. nov. 



^%. 18 — 20 mm. Head yellowish-fuscous, with a dark fuscous spot before 

 antennae. Palpi dark fuscous, somewhat mixed with pale scales. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, mixed with pale yellowish. Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins whitish- 

 mixed. Forewings dark fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with pale yellowish ; first line 

 very oblique, somewhat sinuate, pale ochreous-yellow, preceded by a less marked 

 similar line ; orbicular and claviform indicated by blackish suffusion, claviform touching 

 first line beneath, orbicular obliquely beyond claviform, preceded by a more or less 

 marked yellow-whitish dot, and separated from discal by an irregular yellow-whitish 

 spot ; discal 8-shaped, blackish, lower half filled with pale ochreous-yellow ; lower half 

 of median area much suffused with pale yellowish ; second and subterminal lines pale 



