Pyralidina of the Hawaiian Islands. 233 
32. Xeroscopa venosa, Butl. 
Scoparia venosa, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 332. 
3, 17—19 mm. Head white, slightly mixed with fuscous. 
Palpi three, rather dark fuscous, upper edge and base beneath 
white. Antenne grey, ciliations three-fourths. Thorax fuscous, 
sprinkled with white. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Legs 
white, sprinkled with dark fuscous, base of joints dark fuscous, 
anterior pair dark fuscous ringed with white. Fore wings elon- 
gate, narrow, gradually dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, 
hind margin oblique, nearly straight, rounded beneath; fuscous, 
irrorated with dark fuscous; all veins more or less distinctly lined 
with white ; first line indistinctly indicated, hardly darker fuscous; 
orbicular and claviform nearly obsolete, indicated by two or three 
dark fuscous scales; reniform indicated by a small bent longi- 
tudinal dark fuscous mark; second line faintly traceable; a sub- 
marginal line of small cloudy dark fuscous subconfluent dots; 
cilia white, with a dark fuscous line near base, and grey post- 
median line. Hind wings 13; very pale whitish-fuscous, apex 
hardly darker; a cloudy fuscous hind-marginal line; cilia whitish, 
with a fuscous line. 
Three specimens. 
33. Xeroscopa melanopis, N. s. 
?, 16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous-grey, sprinkled with 
whitish. Palpi 23, rather dark fuscous, upper edge and base 
beneath white. Antenne grey. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. Legs 
dark fuscous, banded with white, middle and posterior tibice 
suffused with white. Fore wings very elongate-triangular, costa 
posteriorly slightly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin slightly 
rounded, oblique; fuscous-grey, irrorated with white; first line 
slender, indistinct, whitish, posteriorly margined by an ochreous- 
brown suffusion irrorated with black, slightly curved; orbicular 
obsolete; claviform conspicuous, elongate, black, touching first 
line; reniform indicated by a small brown suffusion, extended to 
touch costa; second line very slender, indistinct, whitish; sub- 
terminal slender, cloudy, whitish, touching second line; a slender 
waved whitish hind-marginal line, preceded in middle by a rather 
darker suffusion ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey line near base. 
Hind wings 143; pale whitish-fuscous, hind margin obscurely 
darker; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line. 
One specimen. ‘The conspicuous claviform spot is 
the most marked characteristic. 
