Pyralidina of the Hawaiian Islands. 235 
second line in middle; some dark fuscous scales towards hind 
margin, tending to form very indistinct spots, dilated in middle ; 
cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, basal half faintly barred with pale 
fuscous. Hind wings 14; pale whitish-fuscous, apex hardly 
darker ; cilia fuseous-whitish, with a pale fuscous line. 
One. specimen. 
36. Xeroscopa ischnias, ni. 8. 
d,18mm. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. 
Palpi two, dark fuscous, white towards base beneath, apex of 
maxillary palpi white. Antenne grey, uniformly pubescent- 
ciliated over whole surface (four-fifths). Abdomen light fuscous. 
Legs dark fuscous, ringed with white. Fore wings elongate, 
narrow, gradually dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, hind 
margin nearly straight, oblique, rounded beneath ; fuscous, irregu- 
larly mixed with white; base narrowly mixed with blackish ; a 
small irregular blackish spot near base in middle, preceded by a 
white dot; first line cloudy, whitish, slightly indented in middle, 
posteriorly obscurely margined with dark fuscous; orbicular 
roundish, outlined with dark fuscous, very obscure, detached ; 
claviform elongate-dot-like, dark fuscous, separated from first line 
by a whitish dot; reniform indicated by a very obscure dark 
fuscous X-shaped mark; a cloudy whitish suffusion preceding 
second line; second line whitish, obscurely margined with dark 
fuscous; hind-marginal area suffused with dark fuscous; sub- 
terminal cloudy, whitish, touching second line in middle ; a waved 
white hind-marginal line; cilia light grey, sharply barred with 
white, with an interrupted dark fuscous line. Hind wings 13; 
very pale whitish-fuscous, towards apex slightly darker, with a 
faint pale post-median line ; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line. 
One specimen. ‘The peculiar pubescence of the 
antenne is a noticeable character. 
87. Xeroscopa hawaiensis, Butl. 
Scoparia hawaiensis, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 
1881, 330. 
3, 1421 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 24, dark 
fuscous, towards apex and base ochreous-whitish. Antenne grey, 
ciliations in male two-thirds. Thorax ochreous-whitish, sprinkled 
with dark fuscous on sides. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. 
Legs blackish, banded with white. Fore wings very elongate- 
triangular, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin nearly 
