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spotted with dark brown ; costal border to apical fifth 

 blackish, spotted with elongated whitish spots ; a small 

 white dash at the end of the cell, and above and beyond 

 it a large diamond-shaped black-brown patch (answering 

 to the ordinary triangular spot of the genus) ; the 

 angular outer edge of this patch forms an internal 

 boundary to a broad ochraceous belt, divided by the 

 usual cleft, and enclosing close to its outer edge (answer- 

 ing to the submarginal stripe of P. falcatalis) a series of 

 elongated black spots ; two more slender black spots or 

 dashes are upon the costal margin ; external border 

 smoky brown ; secondaries shining greyish brown ; body 

 above rather pale brown ; palpi blackish ; abdomen with 

 a white-edged conical black spot on each side at the 

 base ; the remaining segments brown at the sides, 

 mottled with black ; anterior femora and tibiae black 

 above, the latter white at the base ; tarsi wholly white ; 

 middle femora dark brown ; tibise black, banded with 

 white ; tarsi white ; posterior femora dark brown ; tibiae 

 and two basal joints of tarsi black ; terminal joints 

 white ; wings below greyish brown, shining ; primaries 

 with a diffused ferruginous spot, followed by an oblique 

 ochreous costal spot, beyond the cell ; a slender inter- 

 rupted submarginal white line ; body below pale buff ; 

 legs below creamy white, banded with black at the knees 

 and tibial joints. Expanse of wings, 22 mm. 



One example. 



" Occurring on shores of a small mountain lake near 

 Honolulu."— r. B. 



