1904.] 133 



PhltfctcEtila plalylenca, Meyr. Two at lUOO feet, in February ; also from Onliu. 



Ptfrausta thennantis, Meyr. Tliree at iOUO feet, in February ; I have this also 

 (uni-ecorded) from Haleakala, Maui. 



Loxostege conisalias, Meyr. One at 4'000 feet in February ; also from Oahu. 



Mestolobes xanlhoscla, Meyr. Two at 3000 feet, in February. 



Scoparia balanopis, Meyr. One at 3000 feet, in February ; also from Oahu. 

 6'. catactis, Meyr. Six, 1000 — 3000 feet, in January and February. S. mannarias, 

 Meyr. One at 4000 feet, in February ; also from Maui. S. erebockalca, Meyr. 

 Four at 4500 feet, in February. S. venosa, Butl. Three at 3000 feet, in February. 

 S. hawaiensis, Butl., whose occurrence in Molokai needed confirmation, is now estab- 

 lished as resident by the capture of two specimens ; also taken in Oahu and Maui. 



Phlyctasnia ommatias, Meyr., and P. caminopis, Meyr., are confirmed as good 

 species by the capture of further specimens of both sexes ; the former occurs also 

 in Oahu. 



Mestolohes arctura, Meyr. A (J at 3000 feet, in February, this sex being 

 previously unknown ; dorsal lobe of hind-wings small, dark fuscous, ending in tuft 

 of fuscous hairs ; no costal hairpencil. 



The following are unrecorded occurrences in other islands: — 



Hyperectis dioctias, Meyr. One female, Kona, Hawaii ; resembles the S 

 except by the absence of secondary sexual structures. 



Pyrausta litorea, Butl. Bred from Scxvola lobelia, Waialua coast, Oaliu ; 

 these are tlie first good specimens obtained. 



Mecyna aurora, Butl. One, Lihue, Kauai. 



Scoparia formosa, Butl. One, Waianae Mountains, Oahu, in January. S. 

 jucunda, Butl. One, Waianae Mountains, Oahu, in January. 



Marlborough : April, 1904. 



ON SOME COLEOPTERA IN THE POWER COLLECTION WHICH 

 ARE ERRONEOUSLY DETERMINED. 



BY E. A. NEWBERT. 



Having recently had occasion to examine the Curculionidce in the 

 Power Collection I detected some errors of determination, and subjoin 

 a list of them. 



Apion opcticum, Bach.— This insect was added to the British list 

 somewhat doubtfully by Kye iu 1874 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xi, p. 15G), and 

 it has been retained ever since. A. opeticum is described by Wencker 

 (Mou. des Apionides, p. 10) as entirely black, a point upon which he 

 insists a second time when comparing the insect viiih pomoncB, F. The 

 description of opeticum is correctly given by Fowler, and Eye himself 

 {loc. cit.) refers to its invariable black colour. The insects in the 

 Power Collection {^ and ? ) have dark blue elytra, with the sutural 



