44 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(15) N esomicromiis forcipaius, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax and abdomen all pale, subtestaceous. Basal joint of the antennae 

 suffused with pink. 



Anterior wings rounded at the apex, dull yellowish, with obscure fuscous spots. 

 Nervuration pale, interrupted by spaces of a pink colour. Radius with 4 sectors. 

 Posterior wings with pale nervuration, more or less pink in parts. 



Appendices of $ long and strong, of about equal width (in lateral view) from near 

 the base to the apex, their extremities slightly turned inwards, the spines on their inferior 

 margin near the base very short, not nearly extending back to their apices. (Plate IV. 

 figs. 14 & i4«.) 



Expanse of ^ 1 1 mm. ($ unknown). 



Hab. Makaweli, Kauai (above 2000 ft.) ; i $ taken. The form of the appen- 

 dices will distinguish it at a glance from any other species. 



(16) Nesoniicronius distinctus, sp. nov. 



Female, with the head and thorax yellowish-brown, metathorax and abdomen 

 darker. Legs and antennae testaceous. 



Anterior wings rounded at their apices, pale yellowish-brown ; the outer series of 

 gradate nervules black, and with blackish infuscation around them, forming a very 

 distinct, and but slightly oblique, transverse dark line. Inner series hardly infuscate. 

 Radius with distinct black spots at the points of origin of the sectors, which are five in 

 number. Posterior wings pale, subhyaline, pterostigma and nervuration pink, nervures 

 in the region of the outer gradate series deep black, forming a conspicuous curved 

 marking at the apices of the wings. 



Expanse 14 mm. 



Hab. a single % taken in the mountains on Molokai, August, 1893. 



(17) Nesomicrontus subochraceus, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax yellowish or testaceous, abdomen generally darker, legs and 

 antennae testaceous, the latter with darker annulation. 



Anterior wings rounded at the apex, pale greyish-fulvous, more or less mottled 

 with fuscous. Nervures alternately dark and light; radius with 4 sectors, the number 

 being constant in the series examined. Posterior wings hyaline and iridescent with 

 very pale nervuration, the nervures near the apical margin becoming black and forming 

 a distinct marking. 



