2\Q [September, 



oue sex (whether (^ ov $ ) it appears legitiaiate to assign generic 

 value to these. There is Jittle doubt that in such cases minute cha- 

 racters will ultimately be found in the less modiiied sex to distinguish 

 allied genera, i he genus here described is clearly an offshoot from 

 Scotorhyth^a, and appears to be of at least equal value to Sisi/rophyta. 

 In the main the facies is that of Scotorhythra, the structure of the legs, 

 antenna?, &c., being quite similar. The characters ((5*) here given 

 will readily distinguish the new form from the allied genera. 



NESOCHLIDE, yen. nov. 

 Thorax and abdomen verj densely hairy beneath, the latter also densely hairy 

 at the sides to near the base. Intermediate femora densely hairy beneath. Groove 

 of posterior tibiie fringed with longish hairs, and containing a very large hair-pencil 

 of mostly black hairs, the ends of which are much matted together. Fore-wings 

 beueath along the costa towards the base with longish decumbent hairs, and below 

 these with a large elongate-oval patch of much modified glandular scales. Hind- 

 wings beneath with the veins towards the costa bearing longish dense hairs except 

 on their apical parts. $ . 



Nesocklide epixantha, sp. nov. 



S ■ Expanse, 43 — 48 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-orange to reddish-orange ; 

 antennsB pale ochreous, tlie pectinations moderately long, fuscous, the base sometimes 

 orange-suffused. Abdomen pale ochreous-yellow. Legs more or less spotted with 

 fuscous, the front pairs sometimes suffused with orange, the hind pale ochreous- 

 yellow. Fore-wings elongate-triangular, the termen bowed, apex very distinctly 

 prominent, ochreous-orange to reddish-orange, more or less and often much dotted 

 or even suffused with fuscous but very variable in amount and intensity of the dark 

 colour; second line formed by a series of fuscous dots generally very distnict, nearly 

 straight; first line when distinct oblique inwardly from the costa for one-fourth, 

 then semicircularly curved outwards for one-half, sometimes very indistinct or 

 represented by a few dots or obscured by suffusion ; a large discal fuscous spot 

 sometimes present or entirely wanting. Hind-wings very pale whitish-ochreous, 

 sometimes shading into orange along the mai-gin, a marginal series of dark dots 

 sometimes present. 



Hab. : Oahu, in the mountains. Widely distributed, since it is 

 found in localities at both ends of the range, and common, but often 

 so damaged as to be useless for collections. 



Obs. — In the presence of glandular scales on the wings beueath 

 this species reminds oue of IScotorhythra trachyopis, Meyr., but 1 ex- 

 pect it is more likely to be allied to S. meyalophylla, Meyr., and that 

 its ? when discovered will have falcate apices to the fore-wings as in 

 that species. It is not impossible that the last named species may be 

 congeneric with the one here described, since only the 5 of the oue 

 and the ^ of the other are at present known. 



Honolulu, H. I. : June, 1901. 



