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ochreons brown, more intense on the outer third, about middle of costa 

 a spot with a slight fuscous tinge, the costa whitish just before and 

 after this spot; cilia creamy, the costal and terminal brownish at base, 

 at ajiex a dense bunch of them are shorter than tlie rest with fuscous 

 tips and a black band at middle, just before this a few cilia are darker 

 than the rest. Expanse 7 mm. Hindwings and cilia creamy. Abdomen 

 creamy white. Legs ochreous. 



Hab. — One specimen, Mt. Olympus, Oahu, January 12th, 

 1919 (Sz^'ecey ) , bred from mine in leaf oi Pelea sandzvlccnsls. 

 The mine of this species is chiefly found in P. sa)idzciccnsis, 

 but has also been found in P. rfltiindifolia and some undeter- 

 mined species of Pclea. I have found these mines at the 

 following ridges on ( )ahu : Waialae, Palolo, Mt. Olympus, 

 Wahiawa and Punaluu, and also on Kauai. The mine of this 

 species is shown in Fig'. E. It is at first a thread-like mine 

 with numerous longitudinal somewhat parallel loops nearly the 

 length of the leaf and somewhat curved with the concavity 

 towards the margin, the enclosed area eventuall}' becoming" a 

 large blotch mine. The whole mine is usually situated on one 

 side of the midrib and occupying" nearly that whole half of 

 the leaf. 



Opcstega sp. 



I'igure F shows a mine found in leaves of several different 

 species of Pclea (anisafa, kaitaiciisis and i:^ayana> at Kaholua- 

 mano, Kauai (J. -/. Kiischc). It is an irregular tangle, grad- 

 ually enlarging as the larva increases in size. No moths have 

 been reared from these mines yet. It would be another new 

 species, unless perchance it were the beautiful species dives, 

 described in the "Fauna Hawaiiensis," two specimens of which 

 were collected at Halemanu, Kauai. 



These interesting little moths need nuich further study here 

 in Hawaii. In a paper on the Lepidoi)terous (ienus Opostega 

 and its larval Affinities ( Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 20:27-38, 1918), 

 Carl Heinrich figures the head structure and mouth parts of 

 the larva of one of the Hawaiian species of Opostci^^a from 

 material which I had collected. He makes use of this to show 

 affifnities of Opostei!;a and Opostegidae to the families Nepticu- 



