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ciinens collected by Mr. W. M. Giffard at lights, at his bungalow 

 at 4000 feet elevation, Kilanea, Hawaii, at various times in 1911 

 and 1912. 1 have also one new species from Brother Matthias 

 Xewell of Hilo, Hawaii, and one from Mr. D. T. Fullaway. 

 Some of these new species may have been included in a later col- 

 lection of Dr. Perkins, sent to the British Museum, but which 

 were never worked up completely. 



Family Plusiadae. • 



Nesamlptis neii'cUi n. sp. 



Female; 31mm. Head cinereous-fuscous, pale ochreous on vertex. 

 Antennae ochreous, profusely speckled with fuscous. Palpi cinereous- 

 fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen ochreous and fuscous 

 mixed. Forewings light ochreous, first line dark fuscous angulated 

 outwardly at middle; second line dark fuscous nearly straight, slightly 

 angulated inwardly at one-third from dorsum; space between the 

 lines medium fuscous, somewhat suffused with whitish between cell 

 and costa; a slight suffusion of fuscous on costa near apex; a few 

 fuscous scales in terminal fourth of wing; cilia cinereous-fuscous. 

 Hind wings cinereous-fuscous, darker terminally; a darker discal spot; 

 a median darker line, sinuate in dorsal half; cilia cinereous; termen 

 waved. Legs cinereous-fuscous. 



Hab. Hilo, Hawaii, one female, 1911 (Brother Matthias 

 Xewell. ) 



Plusia giffardl n. sp. 



Female, 40mm. Antennae fuscous-ochreous, basal half above 

 barred with black and ochreous, bipectinate for three-fourths of 

 length. Palpi very dark fuscous-brown with a few fuscous scales, 

 terminal segment minutely tipped with ochreous. Head and thorax 

 very dark brownish fuscous; collar, patagia, and crests of thorax 

 tipped with violet. Forewings dark fuscous-brown suffused with pale 

 violet, especially in basal and subterminal areas; sub-basal, first, 

 and second lines metallic brassy-yellow; first line angulated outwardly 

 near costa; second line angled outwardly just before middle, dorsal 

 portion irregularly sinuate-dentate; subterminal line incomplete, in- 

 dicated by metallic brassy-yellow scales; three spots of metallic 

 brassy-yellow scales in disc, first beginning just beyond second line, ex- 

 tending along submedian vein for about one-third of the width of the 

 median band, an extension along vein 2 which terminates in a roundish 

 enlargement dorsal of vein 2, in the disc above this spot and con- 

 nected with it are a few scales of the same color crescentically ar- 

 ranged: second spot sub-circular, beyond the first, situated dorsal of 

 vein 2; in one specimen connected vvith first spot; third spot irregular 

 and situated in a dark fuscous discal spot; a slight suffusion of brassy- 



