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Alar expanse, 9- 1 mm. 



Habitat: Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. 



Type. Cat. No. 18431, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



A pretty little species which superficially reminds one of Aroga para- 

 plutella Busck. The Icirva feeds, according to Mr. Swezey, in dead 

 leaves and grass on the ground. Both this and the foregoing species 

 come to lights at night. 



Batrachedra cuniculator, new species. 



Labial palpi light straw-colored with conspicuous, transverse, black 

 spots exteriorly, one on the second joint, one at the base of terminal joint, 

 and one below the tip. Face and head light yellow. Antennae darker 

 ochreous with narrow black annulations. Thorax light ochreous. Fore- 

 wings light ochreous, somewhat darker toward the tip, minutely dusted 

 with black ; a conspicuous black dash on the cell, another obliquely before 

 it on the fold, and a third at the end of the cell ; cilia straw-yellow. 

 Hindwing light ochreous fuscous with yellow cilia. Abdomen light yel- 

 low ; on the dorsal side of first and second joints is a peculiar, flattened, 

 short-scaled whitish area surrounded by longer scales ; this is more notice- 

 able in the females than in the males. Legs light ochreous. 



Alar expanse, 9- 1 mm. 



Habitat : Kewalo, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. July. 



Type, Cat. No. 18432, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Bred by Mr. Swezey, who writes that it is a leaf-miner in sedges, 

 Scirpus maritimus, in the swamps neeir the coast ; it aJso bores in the 

 stems of Cyperus IcBVigatus, which is leafless and has cylindrical stems 

 resembling rushes. Mr. Swezey considers this moth a recent introduction 

 into Hawzui ; it had not been noticed until about a year ago. 



Acrolepia nothocestri^ new species. 



Labial palpi blackish brown, with narrow white annulations, tv/o on 

 each joint, and with white tips. Maxillary palpi yellowish white. Face 

 yellowish white. Head bright yellow sparsely sprinkled with black. 

 Antennae light yellow wath narrow deep black annulations. Thorax 

 dark greenish yellow strongly overlaid with black ; patagia yellow with 

 blackish fuscous base. Forewing bright canau-y yellow, strongly trans- 

 versely reticulated with black ; the black scaling is emphasized in three 

 large, ill-defined costal blotches, which reach halfway across the wing, 

 one at basal fourth, one just before the middle of the wing, and one 



