148 [December. 



reciis ; elytris ovalihus, prothorace duplo latiorihus, vix triplo longioribus, suhtilius 

 striatis, interstitiis planis, humeris rotimdatis ; tarsorum articulo quarto late 

 hipartito. Long. 7^ — 8 mm. 



Oahii Mountains ; generally on palms. Not common. 



D. MUTABILIS, sp. nOV. 



Latus, colore variabilis ; capite prothorace paulo angustiori, rufescente vel piceo ; 

 oculis magnis, sat convexis ; antennis testaceis, corporis dimidio multo longioribus ; 

 prothorace testaceo (disco plus minusve infuscato), transverso, obsolete subcordato, pos- 

 tice quam antice paulo angustiori, leviter canaliculato, antice emarginato, postice 

 utrinque fnveolato, lateribus sat rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris testaceis, 

 disco (no7inullis exeinplis, elytris totisj infuscatis, ovatis, parum convexis, prothorace 

 duplo latiorihus, triplo longioribus, fortius striatis, interstitiis planiusculis, humeris 

 rotunde productis ; tarsis ut in D. palmce. Long. 6| — 7 J mm. 



Oaliu Mountains ; on low plants. Local, but not uncommon. 

 D. CALiGiNOsus, sj}. nov. 



Angustus, convexiusculus, piceo-rufus, plus minusve infuscatus ; antennis, palpis, 

 pedibusque testaceis ; capitr. lata, prothorace vix angustiori ; hujus longititdine latit^l- 

 dini OBquali, lateribus parum rotundatis, cwtera ut in D. mutabili; elytris ovalibus, pro- 

 thorace minus duplo latiorihus, plus triplo longioribus, fortiter striatis, interstitiis 



planiusculis, humeris sat productis ; tarsorum articulo quarto anguste hipartito. 



Long. 6a — 7i Him. 



Oaliu Mountains ; on low plants. Local, and scarce. 



nonolulu : 1877. 



NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OP THE SCILLY ISLES. 

 BY REV. II. HARPUR CREWE, M.A. 



At the end of August and beginning of Sejjtcmber, I was the 

 guest of Mr. Dorien Smith at Tresco Abbey, in the Scilly Isles, and, 

 whenever an opportunity offered, I investigated the entomology of 

 the islands, or rather, I should say, of the particular island Tresco, 

 upon which I happened to be located. I only paid occasional visits to 

 the other islands, and always in the day-time, when there was very 

 little stirring, though some of the downs on St. Mary's covered with 

 JJlex nanus and Calluna vulgaris in full bloom, looked most inviting, 

 and possibly, if visited at night, might have produced some rarities. 

 I saw nothing, however, worthy of much notice, except a single speci- 

 men of Jlel iothis pelfiger, Vfhich I took flying over the heather bloom. 



The commonest insect on all the Islands was Scopula ferrugalis ; 

 it swarmed in eveiy direction. Colias Ediisa was not nearly so plen- 

 tiful as in Buckinghamshire, where it has been more or less abundant 

 ever since May. I did not see a single spe«imen of O. Hyale. Vanessa 



