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subapical lines. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous, termen somewhat darker-suffused; 

 cilia whitish, with fuscous subbasal line. 



6 specimens; 2 Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet; 2 Kilauea, Hawaii; 2 Haleakala, 

 Maui, at 5000 feet ; in May, July to September, November, December. Mr Black- 

 burn's examples were from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, at 4000 feet. 



PYRALIDIDAE. 



Pyralis Linn. 



Cilia of forewings yellow (/) mauritialis. 



„ .„ not yellow {^2) inanihotalis. 



( I ) Pyralis mauritialis Boisd. 



6 specimens, Lihui, Kauai. One of these is stated to have been bred by G. C. 

 Munro from a larva feeding in the old nest of a wasp of the genus Polistes [Vespidae). 

 The species occurs in Australia, the Malay Archipelago, China, India, and S. Africa, 

 but 1 am not aware that the larval habit has been previously noticed. 



(2) Pyralis manihotalis Guen. 



Pyralis achatina Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xiv. p. 49. 



Asopia gerontialis Walk., Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 212. 



I specimen, Honolulu, Oahu. Doubtless Mr Blackburn's types were from the 

 same place. The species ranges through the tropical regions of Australia, the Malay 

 Archipelago, S. Asia, Africa, and S. America. 



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