MACROLEPIDOPTERA 269 



small, irregular, white, black-edged, touching first line ; discal 8-shaped, white, black- 

 edged except at top and bottom ; second line white, obsolete except at extremities ; 

 subterminal cloudy, whitish, interrupted above middle : cilia whitish, indistinctly barred 

 with fuscous, with an interrupted blackish antemedian line. Hindwings light fuscous, 

 darker towards termen ; cilia whitish, basal third fuscous. (Plate VII. fig. 22.) 



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



(45) Scoparia geraea, sp. no v. 



<??. 12 — 13 mm. Head and thorax whitish, sprinkled with grey. Palpi blackish, 

 sprinkled with whitish, base white. Abdomen grey. Forewings whitish, finely sprinkled 

 with blackish ; a spot of blackish suffusion on base of costa, and one in middle 

 near base ; first line white, curved, oblique, indented in middle, edged posteriorly with 

 blackish irroration ; orbicular small, roundish, blackish-grey, separate ; claviform 

 obsolete ; discal 8-.shaped, halves white, little-defined, separated by blackish-grey 

 suffusion ; second and subterminal lines white, confluent in middle, surrounded with 

 blackish-grey irroration : cilia white, with grey antemedian line. Hindwings whitish- 

 grey, termen suffused with grey ; cilia whitish, with indistinct greyish subbasal line. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 23.) 



3 specimens ; 2 Waianae Mts., Oahu, at 2000 — 3000 feet ; i Mts. Waimea, Kauai, 

 at 3000 — 4000 feet ; in April and May. Distinct by its small size and pallid 

 appearance. 



(46) Scoparia epimystis, sp. nov. 



$. 19 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, mixed with whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 base and extreme tips white. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, segmental margins whitish- 

 suffused. Forewings fuscous, irrorated with white, more suffusedly towards middle 

 of disc ; short black subcostal and median streaks from base ; first line white, anteriorly 

 suffused, acutely angulated below middle, upper portion very oblique, lower edged 

 posteriorly with dark fuscous ; orbicular small, blackish, white-centred, placed in a 

 blackish-fuscous dash reaching first line; claviform small, blackish-fuscous, resting 

 on first line above angle ; discal 8-shaped, dark fuscous, halves obscurely filled with 

 whitish, lower little defined ; second line obscurely whitish, very undefined ; subterminal 

 obsolete ; a terminal series of elongate blackish-fuscous dots : cilia whitish, with dark 

 fuscous antemedian and fuscous subapical line. Hindwings light fuscous, termen 

 darker-suffused; cilia whitish, basal third and subapical line fuscous. 



I specimen, Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet, in August. 



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