6 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Fam. PSYCHODIDAE. 



PsYCHODA Latreille. 



(i) Psychoda alternata Say. 



Psychoda alternata Say, Long's Exped. Appendix, p. 358 (1824). 



Hab. Hawaii, six specimens from Kona, 2000 ft., September 1892, are so like 

 British examples of this species, which, according to the Rev. A. E. Eaton, is the 

 same as P. sexpunctata Curtis (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1898, p. 123) that I hesitate to 

 describe them as distinct. 



(2) Psychoda inornata, sp. nov. 



Long. Corp. i mm. ; al. 2 mm. 



Wholly yellowish, covered with light yellow hairs. Antennae nearly as long as 

 the body, joints moniliform, with long verticils of pale yellow hair. Wings hyaline, 

 without spots, veins and margins with long pale hairs which are longest at the anal 

 portion of the margin. 



H.AB. Hawaii, three specimens (sex undetermined) from Kona, 4000 ft., August 

 1892. 



Plate L fig. 11, wing. 



Fam. CULICIDAE. 

 CuLEX Linn. 



(1) Culex taeniatus Wied. 



Hab. Oahu. Half-a-dozen female specimens from Kaala Mts., 1500 ft., March 

 1892, agree exactly with examples so named in the British Museum from Jamaica and 

 elsewhere. The species appears to be almost cosmopolitan, and its synonyms are too 

 numerous to give in this place. 



Fam. LIMNOBHDAE. 



LiMNOBiA Meigen. 



(i) Liiiinobia perkinsi, sp. nov. 



^ %. Long. Corp. 4 — 5 mm. ; al. 5^ — 7 mm. Antennae dark brown. Thorax 

 yellow, with the following dark brown markings : a broad central stripe, commencing 

 at the anterior margin and widening out behind the humeri so as to cover the whole 



