MACROLEPIDOPTERA 363 



SiOparia incsolcuca Meyr. 



Scoparia iiicso/aica Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888. p. 237; Fauna Hawaiiensis i. 

 p. 252. 



J ^. 14 — 16 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi black, base and tips white. 

 Thorax ochreous-white, a spot on shoulders and a central dorsal spot black. Abdomen 

 brownish-ochreous, segmental margins white. Forewings ochreous-white ; a broad 

 black oblique basal fascia, enclosing an ochreous-white basal dot ; a broad black oblique 

 fascia from about f of costa to middle of dorsum, abruptly narrowed dorsally, slenderly 

 connected in middle with subbasal fascia ; a moderately broad oblique black bar trom 

 costa about f, reaching half across wing, confluent beneath with following fascia, their 

 combined anterior edge forming a straight line ; a broad black subterminal fascia, 

 including a white costal dot ; a terminal series of black dots, connected in middle with 

 subterminal fascia by a black spot: cilia white. Hindwings pale grey, darker terminally, 

 more whitish basally ; an indistinct darker discal spot ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey 

 subbasal shade. 



Twelve specimens, N.W. and S.E. Koolau range, Oahu, in July and August : 

 original type from Mr Blackburn, without locality. Nearest to goiiodccfa, and falls under 

 same head in tabulation ; easily distinguished by anterior edge of combined postmedian 

 costal bar and subterminal fascia forming an unbroken straight line throughout, whereas 

 in gonodecta it is broadly triangularly indented by ground colour in middle. 



Scoparia ca/acfis, sp. nov. 



? $. 13 — 16 mm. Head and thorax blackish mixed with whitish. Palpi blackish, 

 base whitish. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings w^hite or 

 ochreou.s-white, sprinkled with black ; an irregular oblique black almost basal fascia, 

 narrowed on costa ; first line curved, oblique, white, more or less distinctly doubled, 

 posteriorly edged with a narrow black fascia ; orbicular and claviform small, roundish, 

 black, separate, vertically placed ; discal X-shaped, black, connected with costa by a 

 narrow black bar ; second line white, more or less blackish-edged anteriorly towards 

 costa, terminal area beyond this blackish ; subterminal line white, distinct, connected 

 with second line in middle, interrupted above this ; a terminal series of white dots : cilia 

 white, indistinctly barred with blackish, with a blackish antemedian line. Hindwings 

 fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; sometimes a distinct darker discal dot ; cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, with fuscous subbasal line. 



Twenty-seven specimens, N.W. and S.E. Koolau range, Oahu, in July and August. 

 To this species also belong the specimens previously recorded as ombrodes from Waianae 

 Mts, Oahu, in April. I confused this species with ombrodes in my description (Faun. 

 Haw. I., 260) ; it is whiter, with much less black irroration, and the black markings are 

 considerably narrower and less developed ; the acquisition of a good series proves it to 

 be constant, and it is apparently restricted to Oahu. 



