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l)v. Perkins, to whom tliis sp'ecimen v;as given, at first thought 

 it a distinct but closely allied species and drew up a descrip- 

 tion under the name P. neirelU after its discoverer. This name 

 was never ]uil)lishfd, however, for, as Dr. Perkins has written 

 me recently, A\hen he gave the specimen to the British Museum 

 several years ago, Sir George Hampson determined it as the 

 female of pterylota. It is recorded in the Catalogue of the 

 Lepido])tera in the British ^Museum, XIII ])age 453, 1913, 

 where both sexes are described and the male is figured. The 

 habitat as given there is incorrect. Instead of "Hawaii, S. S. 

 Korlan Range, IS type; Kilauea f Perkins), 19," it should 

 be corrected to read "Oahu, S. E. Koolau Bange {M\. Tanta- 

 lus), 1$ type; Hawaii, Kilauea (Newell), 19." 



An occasional specimen of this species has been taken of 

 recent years by Mr, Giffard at lights at his bungalow near 

 Kilauea, Hawaii ; and l>rother ^lattliias has recently pre- 

 sented me with a specimen taken at Hilo, Hawaii. On 

 September 14tli of this year, Mr. Williams collected a spec- 

 imen on the ridge at the south side of lao Valley, Maui. 

 This is the first rcM'ord of its capture on that island. 



P. (jiffardl Swezey was described in Proceedings of ^ the 

 Hawaiian Entomological Society, II, page 231:, July, 1913, 

 from specimens collected at light by ]\Ir. Giffard at his bunga- 

 low near Kilauea, Hawaii, in 1!»11 and 1012. A specimen was 

 collected previously, however, on Maui, by the late F. W. 

 Terry. This specimen was sent to the British Museum, and 

 has since been described as PJi i/t(>)iu'fra psertrocera and fig- 

 ured l)y Sir George Hampson in the Catalogue of the Lepid- 

 optera in the British Museum, XIII, pages 453 & 454, Dec, 

 1913. The habitat there given should read 'Tvaupo Trail," 

 instead of ''Cam]>o Trail." Comparing speciments of r/lffarcU 

 with the description and figure of psectrocera, I find them to 

 agree, hence, as l)oth sj^ecies were published in the same year, 

 and giffardi earlier in the year than psectrocera, the latter 

 will be a synonym of the former. 



Mr.' Giffard occasionally secures more s]iecimens of this 



