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



CHAMBIDM. 

 13. Eromene hclla (No. 103). 



Tinea hclla, Hiibner, Samml. Eur. Sclimett. v., Tin. ii., 

 Pyralidiformes B., fig. 60. 



"Apparently very rare. I have taken two specimens 

 at long intervals, both in Honolulu." — T. B. 



The specimen forwarded agrees well with European 

 examples. 



TOETEICIDiE. 



14. Teras illepida, n. s. (No. 99). 



Primaries above reddish clay-coloured, reticulated all 

 over and dotted with dark grey ; two distinct lines of the 

 same colour across the external third, the inner one 

 running obliquely inwards towards the costa, widely 

 bisinuated, the outer one nearly straight, running from 

 costal to outer margin (near the external angle) ; a 

 minute inconspicuous black dot at the end of the cell ; 

 fringe greyish, with a slender whitish basal line ; 

 secondaries dark greyish brown, pale grey towards the 

 base, and with silvery white costal border ; the dark 

 brown area obscurely spotted with blackish ; fringe 

 white, greyish at apex, and with a very slender dusky 

 subbasal line ; body reddish clay-coloured, the centre of 

 the abdomen black ; primaries below shining blackish 

 brown ; the costal border and apex white, reticulated 

 with dark brown ; fringe as above, but with a bronze 

 reflection ; internal border silvery whitish ; secondaries 

 shining silvery or greyish white, the apical two-thirds 

 striated with black ; fringe white, tipped with grey at 

 apex ; body below silvery white ; palpi and upper surface 

 of anterior and middle tibiae ferruginous ; the tarsi of 

 these legs above brown, minutely annulated with white. 

 Expanse of wings, 17 mm. 



"In neighbourhood of Honolulu; rare." — T. B. 



This species seems a little aberrant, the primaries 

 being narrower than usual towards the base ; the palpi 

 are dellexcd in the specimen forwarded (which is unfor- 

 tunately a little broken), but without seeing more 

 examples I cannot decide whether this is their natural 

 position. 



