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moth fi-oiii the same hicality at Kihiiica as o-iveii above. There 

 are no otlier records of its distrihntion in \\w Islands. 



.\11 of the above species except psectrorera were described 

 under Plusia. Conforming with Hampson's nsage in the 

 Catalogiie above referred to, thev are now all in the genns 

 P]n/to)nrfra. T now add the dcscri])tion of the third endemic 

 species of the genns. 



Phytometra violacea n. sp. 



9. ilead. thorax and crests on tlic alxlonien grexish brown, many 

 of tlic scales tipped with violet. Palpi of the same color with a sprink- 

 ling of violet. Antennae pale brown. Alidomen .grey, with a slight 

 crimson tinge ventrally. Legs greyish Im-owii, with a sprinkling of 

 ochreous. Fore-wings lirown. with much suffusion of pale \iolet. par- 

 ticularly preceding first line, a transverse bantl f(illciwing secnnd line. 

 a w-ell-dehned patch at tornus and a narrow strip on tcrmen l)etween 

 the latter patch and the apex ; in the costal area near base is a small 

 patch of crimson crossed transversely by a sinnuate creamy white line; 

 first line creamy white, from about one-third of costa extending oblique- 

 ly backward to the cell, obsolete in the cell, dorsal from the cell quite 

 evenly cttrved to near inner angle, a few crimson scales scattered 

 along both sides of line : second line creamy white, unevenly sinuate, 

 angulated inwardly at the fold, obsolete on the costal area ; a creamy 

 white spot on dorsal margin, narrow basally, somewhat bilobed apically 

 and one lobe extending into the cell, in one wing the dor.sal lobe is 

 connected with the first of the two o\al creamy white spots ol)liquely 

 placed along dorsal side of vein 2; an ()\al creamy white spot at end 

 of cell, with a narrow extension tnwards costa; cilia mostly \iolet, 

 brown at middle of termen. Hindwings fuscous brown, liasal half 

 paler, cilia concolorous. Expanse <»f wings, 36 mm. 



Closely related to ptcrylota but differs in tlie prednminaling \ inkt 

 suffusion, whereas ptcrylota has much crimson suffusion ; and also in 

 the shape of the second line which is more evenly curved in ptcrylota 

 and does not have the inward angulation at llie fold which is present 

 in z'iolacca. 



Halt. Ivokc'e, Kauai, -lannary, l'.ill>. A single s])ecimen 

 collected at light by .Mr. J. .\. l\iisch(\ Type in C(dh'ction of 

 Hawaiian Kntoiiidloiiical S(^ci('ty. 



xoTKs .\M) i;.\ II 1 iirnnxs. 

 PJiisid j)l('ri/]()f(i. — Mr. ^^'illiams exliil)ilc(l a s])cciiiicii of 

 this beautiful rare moth, recently taken by him on the ridge 

 af thv >(nir]icrii side of lao \\'illcy. .Maui. The sjxvies has l)een 



