58o FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



5. Tegmina maculata 4 lehuae nov. 



5a. Tegmina baud maculata, commissura apice excepta (6). 



6. Forma plus minus rubra 5 ohiae nov. 



6<7. Forma haud rubra " 6 ipomoeae Kirkaldy. 



(i) Aloha naniicola, sp. nov. 



Vertex and pronotum testaceous, the latter fuscous laterally with whitish specks. 

 Frons darkish fuscous, apical third and some specks, yellowish white ; genae yellowish 

 white, extreme base fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Clypeus fuscous with pale keels, 

 Tegmina hyaline milky with an irregular band along the middle of the membrane, apex 

 of clavus, etc., fuscous. Femora pallid, with a subapical fuscous ring, the apex sub- 

 sanguineous. Tibiae testaceous, anterior and intermediate pair with two fuscous rings 

 on each ; posterior tibiae with one near the base. Length 4 — \\ mm. 



Hab. Oahu, Waianae, 3000ft. (Feb., Perkins); Tantalus, 1300ft. (Jan., April, 

 Giffard, Kirkaldy, Swezey). Hawaii, Kilauea (Perkins, Kirkaldy). On Ohia lehua 

 {Nani polymorpha, also known generically as Metrosideros). The type is a Kilauea 

 example. 



(2) Aloha oceanides, sp. nov. 



Vertex, frons, genae and nota dark brown ; all the keels, the basal specks on frons 

 and the specks on the pronotum, yellowish brown ; apical fourth of frons, apical third of 

 genae, apical specks on frons, and some at base of genae whitish ; clypeus dark fuscous, 

 basal half of middle keel pallid. Antennae dark fuscous or blackish (second segment in 

 immature examples paler dorsally). Ventral part of pronotum and the sterna dark 

 fuscous. Tegmina milky hyaline, veins (more or less suffusedly) dark brown, strongly 

 and closely studded with white granules which emit white hairs ; marginal vein yellowish 

 brown. Tegmina suffused with dark brown as follows : extreme base, a short irregular 

 transverse blotch extending from marginal vein to median just apical of the junction of 

 the latter with the brachial (basally it is fairly straight, apically it extends along the 

 median and subcostal veins about as far again), a large rhomboid spot on the subcostal 

 cell, at about three-quarters of its length, which extends obliquely on to the median at 

 its forking. The apical cells have a large irregular T-shaped mark, and the veins are 

 all suffused, at least apically. Anal and axillary suffused just basal of their union. 

 Wing veins brownish black. Legs yellowish brown, femora and tibiae annulate with 

 dark fuscous. Tergites mostly black ; pleurites yellowish brown and dark fuscous 

 chequered. Length 5^ — 5^ mm. 



Hab. Kauai, 4000 ft. (July — Aug., Perkins, three examples, also one in bad 

 condition). 



In immature examples, the vertex and the disk of the pronotum, etc., may be 

 pallid. 



