84 Mr. A. G. Butler on a small collection of 



specimen until a month ago, when I obtained a fine 

 one, precisely identical ■v\ith the one sent, at light. Both 

 these specimens occurred near Honolulu." — T. B. 



Mr. Blackburn remarks that he has only seen Toxo- 

 campa noctivolans on Maui. 



HYPOCALID^. 

 4. Hypocala velans (No. 168). 

 Hypocala velans, "Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1177, 



n. 11 (1857). 

 "Another rare but widely-distributed insect; I have 

 taken it at light in Honolulu twice ; also have beaten it 

 from a tree near Honolulu ; also have started it off rocks 

 on Maui. All the specimens, however, were much worn 

 except the one I send and another ; one worn specimen 

 is somewhat larger than that I send, and has perfect 

 simple antennae. Doubtless a female." — T. B. 



The species of Hypocala seem to be remarkably con- 

 stant considering the close resemblance of nearly all the 

 species to one another ; we have three examples now of 

 H. velans, and, although nearly allied, they can be dis- 

 tinguished at a glance from an Australian species 

 (apparently undescribed), and from the Indian H. 

 violacea, to which they have greater affinity than to 

 &,ny others. 



PYRALID^. 



5. Locastra monticolens, n. s. (No. 158). 



S . Primaries above black-brown, sprinkled with 

 orange scales ; with opaline white markings as follows : 

 a slightly irregular belt near the base enclosing two 

 scjuamose dusky spots ; a bell-shaped spot across the 

 cell, and an oblique abbreviated stripe, with zigzag outer 

 edge just beyond the cell ; these markings are all bounded 

 externally by black lines ; immediately beyond the 

 oblique stripe is a small white y- shaped costal marking ; 

 fringe black ; secondaries greyish brown, only semi- 

 opaque so as to show the under-surface markings in- 

 distinctly through the texture of the wing ; external 

 border blackish ; thorax black, spotted with white, and 

 with a white stripe along each side ; abdomen brown, 

 with white posterior margins to the segments ; under 

 surface of wings pale pearly dove-brown, with blackish 



