5G : August, 



green ; head furnislied with numerous green tubercles, each ending in 

 a hair ; on each segment, except the last, four long spines (which are 

 yellow at base, then red, then black, then white), from each of which 

 seven smaller white spines branch out. On the last segment are two 

 spines (similar to the rest, but much longei') pointing backward. In 

 the young larva the body is black, except the space between sub- 

 dorsal and spiracular lines, which is green. Larva feeds on a large- 

 leaved plant, three or four feet high, apparently of the nettle tribe, 

 growing rather plentifully in open places in the woods on the mountains 

 of the Hawaiian Islands. 



HoLOCHiLA Blackbtjrni, Tucly. 

 Onisciform ; clear bright green, above the head and along the 

 spiracular line slightly flushed with pink; along the back run two 

 lines of pale yellow colour which almost meet on the last segment 

 (where they are ill-defined) and diverge towards the head. The whole 

 larva is obscurely pubescent, more distinctly so along the sides. It 

 feeds upon the seed-pods of Acacia falcata (the Koa), and, no doubt, on 

 allied plants in various localities on the Hawaiian Islands. The pupa 

 is pubescent, short and stumpy, attached to a leaf or seed, &c., length- 

 wise, by a few fine threads. 



Agrotis ceemata, Butler. 

 Rather broad and depressed, especially near the head, where the 

 larva appears more or less swollen. Yery pale drab colour, the dorsal 

 region of all the segments, except the first and last, occupied by 

 blackish clouds which diminish in size backwards. The dorsal portion 

 of the segments behind the head forms a horny plate, which (with the 

 head) is obscurely testaceous in colour, but is margined with black ; 

 spiracles black, legs and claspers of the ground-colour, but tipped 

 with blackish. Feeds on a marine plant on sand-hills on Maui, hiding 

 under the sand by day. 



EnODAEIA DESPECTA, Butlcr. 



Convex, bi'oad in the middle and much narrowed at the ends ; 

 each segment individually also narrowed behind and in front ; grccu, 

 almost unicolorous, save that the dorsal line is darker ; a few long 

 hairs on each segment. Feeds in folded leaves of a large convolvulus- 

 like creeper, which grows plentifully on the banks of streams in moun- 

 tain localities on the Hawaiian Islands. 



Ilonolulu : Zrd June, 1882. 



