ihat reason have the greater interest. I now give descriptions 

 of a number of these that they may go on record. The type 

 sjjeciniens are deposited in the collection of the Hawaiian 

 Entomological Society. 



CARAT^nrXIOAK. 



Euxoa wikstroemiae n. sp. 



9. Head and tlmrax pale lirownisli g"rL-\- ; antennae and palpi of the 

 same color, hut the median joint of the palpi dark hrown on the outer 

 side except at the apex. Legs nearl\- uniformly concolorous with the 

 thorax ; ahdomen concolorous. but paler. 



Forewings pale brownish grey : subbasal, first, and second lines paler, 

 hut a little darker edged ; the first line strongl}- waved ; second line 

 feebly waved, very indistinct : orbicular and reniform partially outlined 

 with pale brown ; a median browner shade clear across the wing : two 

 black spots near termen, one on each side of vein 5, the anterior spot the 

 larger. Hindwings nearly uniform pale brownisli grey, paler tlian tlie 

 forewings; a fuscous discal mark and a terminal series of blackish dots; 

 imderside with a distinct dentate post medial line, the discal mark also 

 showing plainer than on upper side. Expanse, 39-40 mm. 



(^nite distinct from all other endemic Hawaiian s])ecies of 

 the genns. Described from 2 9 9 reared fr<im two .•^iiiall cater- 

 ])illars found on a M'll-xf rocinhi bnsli at To]) of west wall of 

 Waimea Canyon, Kanai, at an (devation of about l.'iOO feet, 

 Febrnary 14, lOl.j (Swezey). The cater])ilhirs oI)taine(l their 

 full-growth and entered soil to ]mpate AFarcdi il4th. and tlie 

 adult moths appeared A])ril •l-2\\(\. 



Caterpillar. Thv full-grown carerpilhii' was |() mm. in 

 length: nearly miiforiidy dark fuscous, miuutcdy spotted with 

 paler, whitish on ventral surface; head light ferruginous; 

 cervical shield black with a broad yellow discal patch widest 

 ])osteriorly, a median white line whi(di extends indistinctlv 

 onto the two following segments; setae very sjioi't, ])ale, ea(di 

 in a black dot; anal shield Idack with several y(dlow spots; 

 spiracles oval, entirely black. 



Pupa. 20 mm. long; yellowish brown, infuscated on dor- 

 smn of metathorax and alxlomeu ; a dorsal ti'ansverse band of 

 small pits near anterioi' margin of .')ih, liili, and Ttli abdominal 



