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  C. 
  sabulifera, 
  a 
  highly 
  variable 
  fomi. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  feed 
  on 
  

   Hibiscus, 
  and 
  are 
  sometimes 
  very 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  'Hau' 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  unique 
  Plusia 
  pterylotis, 
  a 
  remarkable 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  

   beautiful 
  genus, 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  Tantalus 
  (where 
  a 
  second 
  very 
  

   worn 
  specimen 
  was 
  seen) 
  and 
  might 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  collected 
  in 
  

   numbers. 
  Of 
  the 
  Hydriomenidae 
  the 
  considerable 
  genus 
  

   Eucymatoge 
  has 
  so 
  far 
  yielded 
  only 
  E. 
  monticolans, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  

   seen 
  resting 
  with 
  expanded 
  wings 
  on 
  the 
  trunks 
  or 
  branches 
  of 
  

   trees. 
  It 
  is 
  so 
  highly 
  variable 
  in 
  colour, 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  worth 
  collecting, 
  

   for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  are 
  so 
  different 
  in 
  appearance, 
  as 
  to 
  appear 
  

   quite 
  distinct 
  species. 
  No 
  doubt 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Eucymatoge 
  

   occur, 
  e. 
  g., 
  the 
  rather 
  curiously 
  shaped 
  E. 
  stattrophragma, 
  which 
  

   elsewhere 
  is 
  found 
  amongst 
  leie 
  {Ereycinetia). 
  

  

  The 
  Selidosemidae 
  are 
  well 
  represented 
  on 
  Tantalus, 
  the 
  

   extensive 
  genus 
  Scotorythra 
  having 
  many 
  species. 
  5. 
  caryopis, 
  

   remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  sexual 
  distinctions, 
  is 
  very 
  common, 
  

   and 
  exhibits 
  several 
  noteworthy 
  varieties. 
  5. 
  hecataed 
  and 
  

   homotrias 
  are 
  larger 
  and 
  much 
  less 
  common, 
  but 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  

   preceding. 
  A 
  single 
  male, 
  taken 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  ago 
  appears 
  to 
  

   belong 
  to 
  an 
  undescribed 
  species, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  allied 
  to 
  5. 
  deme- 
  

   trids 
  of 
  Hawaii. 
  Other 
  species 
  that 
  are 
  found 
  are 
  5. 
  dissotis, 
  

   S. 
  metacrossa, 
  S. 
  triscia, 
  S. 
  nephelosticta 
  var. 
  cocytias, 
  together 
  

   with 
  some 
  that 
  have 
  taken 
  to 
  feeding 
  on 
  introduced 
  plants 
  

   {e. 
  g. 
  guava), 
  5. 
  diceraunia, 
  S. 
  brachytarsa, 
  and 
  5. 
  vara. 
  Many 
  

   of 
  these 
  species 
  yield 
  extraordinary 
  variations 
  in 
  colour. 
  The 
  

   larger 
  5. 
  euryphaea 
  is 
  less 
  common. 
  The 
  two 
  commonest 
  koa- 
  

   feeding 
  species 
  are 
  5. 
  caryopis 
  and 
  5. 
  rara. 
  The 
  two 
  finest 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  however, 
  are 
  the 
  great 
  Acrodrepanis 
  

   inegalophyUa 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  pretty 
  Nesochlide 
  epixantha, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  sex, 
  but 
  the 
  females 
  rarely 
  seen. 
  I 
  

   have 
  only 
  twice 
  seen 
  the 
  latter 
  at 
  large 
  and 
  curiously 
  enough 
  

   both 
  of 
  these 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  the 
  daytime, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  only 
  the 
  

   other 
  day 
  on 
  Tantalus, 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  behind 
  

   Waialua. 
  Whereas 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  readily 
  attracted 
  by 
  flowers 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ohia 
  and 
  to 
  light, 
  the 
  female 
  apparently 
  comes 
  to 
  neither 
  of 
  

   these 
  attractions. 
  Sisyrophyta 
  gomphias, 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  

   curious 
  secondary 
  sexual 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  is 
  common, 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  of 
  introduced 
  trees 
  planted 
  by 
  the 
  Government. 
  

   The 
  caterpillar 
  of 
  the 
  handsome 
  Sphingid 
  Deilepkila 
  calida 
  is 
  

   ofund 
  feeding 
  on 
  various 
  trees, 
  "ohia," 
  "koa," 
  Bobea 
  elatior 
  and 
  

  

  