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LIST OF HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA EECENTLY COLLECTED 

 BY THE KEY. T. BLACKBUEN IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



BY ARTHUR G. BTJTLEE, P.L.S. 



The seventeen species enumerated below, as might be expected, 

 have an intermediate character between the Lepidoptera of Australia 

 and North America ; most, if not all, of them were probably collected 

 at Honolulu, where Mr. Blackburn is at present ; they were forwarded 

 by him to Mr. jST. C. Tuely, who has kindly presented them to the 

 National Collection. 



Family SPHINGID^. 

 Sub-family CHGEROCAMPIN^. 

 Deilephila livornica, Esper (No. 13).* 



Five examples of this widely-distributed species, differing in no 

 respect from the typical form. 



Sub-family SPHINGIN^. 



Protopaece cingulata, Fabricius (No. 2). 

 One fine example of this American species. 



Family LEUCANIID.^. 

 Lel'cania dislocata, "Walker (No. 6). 



One specimen rather darker than the type. This species is 

 probably endemic ; it was described from the same group of Islands. 



Family XYLOPHASIIDJE. 



Prodenia ingloria. Walker (No. 9). 



Evidently common and somewhat variable (of the five examples 

 collected, no two are quite alike, whilst one example is not at all unlike 

 P. hijxirs of Walker) ; the type was described from Moreton Bay, 

 and the species probably occurs in other parts of Australia. 



Family PLUSIID^. 

 Plusia terticillata ? Guenee (No. 3). 



One specimen. It closely approaches P. precationis, from 

 N. America, and P. eriosoma., from New Zealand. I do not feel 

 certain of AValker's identification of Guenee's species. 



Famfly HYPENID^. 

 Htpena obsoleta, n. sp. (No. 14). 



Primaries above reddish-brown, mottled with black, faintly shot with lilac, 

 *Tbe numbers are retained for the benefit of the Collector. 



