132 [June, 



One specimen, Molokai, at 4500 feet, in February. Allied to 

 S. ianthes, but much less ornamentally coloured ; the conspicuously 

 defined naked discal patch is an obvious characteristic ; a similar 

 structure is found in the male of ianthes, but less marked, so that I 

 had in that species mistaken it for an accidental denudation. 



SCOPARIA ISOPH^A, U. Sp. 

 (J . 15 mm. Head ferrugiiioiis-brown, somewliat whitish-sprinkled. Palpi 

 ferruginous-brown, base white, apex of maxillary palpi mixed with white. Thorax 

 fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Fore-wings 

 ochreous-brown.irrorated with fuscous and sprinkled with whitish; first line indicated 

 by slightly curved rather strongly oblique posterior ferruginous shade mixed with 

 dark fuscous, becoming obsolete towards dorsum ; discal spot transverse, suffused, 

 feri'uginous mixed with dark fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous, with fuscous subbasal 

 line. Mind-wings fuscous-whitish, posteriorly suffused with fuscous irroration ; 

 cilia whitish. 



One specimen, Molokai, at 3000 feet, in February. An obscure 

 species, possibly allied to 8. hucolicn. 



Pi>m r«/>(^, L., has recently appeared in the islands, doubtless 

 from an accidental importation, and is now common at Honolulu, 

 With reference to this species Mr. Perkins writes — " There is no 

 seasonal dimorphism with it here. It breeds freely on the coast in 

 rocky uninhabited places on Capparis sandwichiana (belonging to the 

 order Capparidacece). Though not parasitised, nor attacked much, if 

 at all, in the caterpillar stage by birds, it does not multiply very 

 enormously, since the ants freely devour the eggs, and an introduced 

 wasp skins and carries off the skins of the caterpillar. The butter- 

 fly is common in the winter months, but in Oahu becomes very scarce 

 in the summer months. It is already, I believe, on several of the 

 islands, including Hawaii." 



The following fifteen species have not previousl}^ been recorded 

 from Molokai ; it may be observed that the progress of discovery is 

 tending to reduce the proportion oE peculiar species confined each to 

 a single island. 



Cosmophila noctivoJans, Butl. Varying much in colour. 



Eticymatoge craterias, Meyr. One at 4500 feet. 



Scotorgthra syngonopa, Meyr. Five, taken and bred, up to 1000 feet, in 

 January and February ; previously unique, from Kauai. J ? 39 — 45 mm. ; one ? 

 has narrow ochreous-white fasciae preceding first and following second lines. S. 

 triscia, Meyr. Two at 1000 feet, in January. S. rara, Butl. Two at 3000 feet, 

 in February. 



Deilephila calida, Butl. Bred from larvae on Gardenia, &c., in February. 



