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distinct very narrow pale band at the base of most of the segments ; sometimes these 

 bands appear also in the t\ ist and 2nd segments often with a pale spot or line at 

 the sides. 



t superior appendages as long as the loth segment, entirely black, or sometimes 

 more or less pale inwardly, the apices bent inwards and armed with an excessively 

 short and minute spine. On the inferior margin about half-way between the apex 

 and base of the appendage there is a stout blunt spine directed inwards, so that the 

 appendages may be looked upon as being produced into a long superior and a short 

 inferior process. The inferior margin, as viewed inwardly, is not at all strongly 

 rounded, so that the upper and lower margins are subparallel. Inferior appendages 

 short, pale or black, their apices directed inwards. 



$ superior appendages black, subacute ; valvules pale, their appendages dark. 



Var. A. Two or three males taken high up on the ridges of the West Maui Mts. 

 are larger than the typical specimens, and show none of the pale-bluish colour on 

 the dorsum of the thorax and abdomen, which would appear to be the case with 

 specimens from Molokai only when the % colouration is assumed. 



Race Waianaeanum, var. nov. Oahuan specimens from the Waianae Mts. differ 

 from typical ones as follows : 



t With no bluish pruinose efflorescence. Post-ocular spots sometimes present. 

 Prothorax with pale spots. Dorsum of thorax with longitudinal lateral stripes. Femora 

 pale beneath. Abdomen with distinct narrow pale basal bands to the segments. 



% Rhinarium and part of the post-clypeus pale, legs almost entirely pale, as also 

 the appendages of the valvules. Abdomen with a yellowish transverse medio-dorsal 

 band on the second segment. 



Race peles, var. nov. 



Much smaller than the preceding forms. Post-cubital nervules usually 13 — 16. 

 Typically this race exactly resembles the Molokai examples in general appearance, and 

 exhibits similar variation, the pruinose efflorescence being absent, when the markings of 

 the % are assumed. There are only three cellules between the quadrilateral and the 

 nodus. 



Var. fallax, var. nov. 



Where the typical form abounds an extraordinary variety is sometimes found. 

 This has the abdomen more or less red in both sexes, the third segment generally 

 almost entirely so ; the legs are almost wholly pale. The post-ocular spots are red 

 or yellow, large and connected (or almost so) by a red or yellow line. The pro- 

 thorax is much spotted and the longitudinal lateral lines of the dorsum of the 



