494 NOCTUID.55. 



excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wing oehreous brown, the cilia pale. Under- 

 side of fore wing with some rufous hair at base, cell fuscous, costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, an oblique postmedial 

 line ; hind wing with the basal half clothed with rufous hair, the 

 terminal half greyish irrorated with fuscous, a curved postmedial 

 line and some points on termen. 



IJab. Hawaii, Kona, 4000' (P^rl-ins), 1 c? type. Exp. 44 millim. 



i*. Wings of male on underside not clothed with 

 rough hair. 

 a^. ¥orei wing suffused with purple-red. 



a^. Fore wing with slight pale streaks on the 



vei n s pyrrh ias. 



a^. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins. 

 a'. Fore wing witii white point at lower angle 



of cell viacrosaris. 



a'. Fore wing with small fuscous patch at 



lower angle of cell t>/pModes. 



a'. Fore wing not suffused with piirple-red amhlycasis. 



1852. Cirpliis pyrrhias. (Plato XCI. fig. 28.) 

 Leucania pyrrhias, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899). 



Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs tipped with grey ; 

 abdomen oehreous slightly tinged with red. Fore wing oehreous, 

 suffused and thickly striated and irrorated with purplish red ; the 

 veins whitish irrorated with black ; costal edge whitish ; subbasal 

 line represented by a point on costa, the auteraedial line by an 

 indistinct oblique series of points on costa and veins ; a white point 

 at lower angle of cell with small fuscous patch beyond it ; a curved 

 postmedial series of points and a terminal series. Hind wing 

 brownish oehreous tinged with purplish pink ; the cilia pinker and 

 whitish at tips ; the underside whitish tinged with pink, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with black, some black points on apical 

 half of termen. 



Hah. Hawaii, Xauai, Mt. Waimea, 4000' (PerHns), 2 d type, 

 Kauai Hoholuamauo {Perkins), 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim, 



1853. CirpMs macrosaris. 



Leucania macroi^aris, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 140 (1899). 



Fig. 155. — Cirpkis macrosarif, ij . ]. 

 cJ . Head and thora.x. oehreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen 



