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ll-li'iuni. louii', Urownisli, and siniliar to the pupa of orlicr 

 species of Otniodes. Pupal period is ]2-i;< days. 



Pj/rausta Ihevmanioidlti n. s]). 



Male and female, 18-20mm. Antennae whitish-ochreous, barred 

 with fuscous above. Palpi projecting about one and one-half the 

 length of head in front of it, ochreous mixed with fuscous, white at 

 base. Head white on vertex, ochreous and fuscous mixed on face. 

 Thorax white. Forewings brownish ochreous, with a few dark fus- 

 cous and whitish scales mixed; base white on dorsal half; first line 

 white, angled outwardly at middle, bent outward on dorsum, indis- 

 tinct towards costa; second line white, waved, broadly curved outward 

 at middle, broken inward below discal spot on vein 2; roundish orbi- 

 cular and reniform discal spots faintly outlined with black scales; a 

 terminal white suffusion from tornus touching second line and narrow- 

 ing to near apex; a terminal series of black dots and four or five 

 black spots on apical third of costa; cilia whitish, barred with dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings pale brownish to cinereous-fuscous, two obliquely 

 placed darker discal spots, a postmedian outwardly-curved whitish 

 line; a terminal series of blackish dots; cilia cinereous, darker at 

 base. Abdomen cinereous-fuscous, segmental margins white. Legs 

 cinereous-fuscous, fore legs darker. 



In !Meyrick's table this runs to therntaidis, but it ditfers 

 from that species in being paler, not ferruginous, thorax and 

 head white, and the first and second lines not having the same 

 form. 



Hab. Kilauea, Hawaii, 4 specimens taken at lights, Aug. 

 1911, May, July, 1912 (W. ^l. Giffard). 



Scoparia nectarioides n. sp. 



Male, female, 17 mm. Antennae and palpi light brownish-fus- 

 cous. Head ochreous. Thorax white, patagia ochreous with tips of 

 some of the scales fuscous. Forewings ochreous. considerably mixed 

 with dark fuscous especially the anterior half of middle third of 

 wing; first line white, double, very oblique, indented in middle, often 

 suffused with ochreous in middle; claviform, orbicular, and discal 

 spots not distinct in outline, represented by undefined darker fuscous 

 spots, between orbicular and discal a transverse white spot, often a 

 white dot beyond discal; second and subterminal lines well-marked, 

 white, confluent in the middle; a terminal line of dark fuscous dots; 

 cilia ochreous-fuscous, barred with white. Hindwings pale cinereous- 

 ochreous; cilia white. Abdomen cinereous. Legs cinereous, outer 

 side and tarsi fuscous spotted with cinereous. 



Eelated to ncrtarias. to which it runs in ]Mevrick"s table in 



