Pyralidina of the Hawaiian Islands. 237 
hind margin suffused with darker grey; cilia whitish, with a grey 
line. 
One specimen. 
39. Xeroscopa mesoleuca, n. Ss. 
3, 14mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi 24, black, apex and 
base white. Antennz blackish, ciliations two-thirds. Thorax 
ochreous-white, shoulders and an angulated forwards-pointing 
mark behind middle black. (Abdomen broken.) Legs black 
ringed with white, middle tibiz with broad white subapical band, 
posterior tibiz white. Fore wings very elongate-triangular, costa 
hardly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin nearly straight, rather 
oblique, rounded beneath ; ochreous-white, yellowish-tinged ; basal 
area wholly black except an ochreous-white basal dot; first line 
ochreous-white, interrupted with black in middle, anteriorly irre- 
gularly margined by the black basal area, posteriorly slenderly 
black-margined; orbicular and claviform confluent to form a 
transverse suboblong black blotch, confluent throughout with 
margin of first line, and extending from costa two-thirds across 
wing; costal edge towards middle sprinkled with black, dorsal 
edge narrowly black from first to second lines; reniform transverse- 
oblong, black, resting on costa above and second line beneath ; 
second line slender, ochreous-white, black-margined, obsolete 
except on costal third and inner margin, hind-marginal area 
wholly black, anterior edge of reniform coalescing with it to form 
a straight line perpendicular to costa; subterminal irregular, 
ochreous-white, interrupted in middle, upper part touching costal 
portion of second line; some indistinct whitish dots along hind 
margin ; cilia clear ochreous-white, on costa and below anal angle 
dark grey. Hind wings 13; light grey, hind-marginal edge 
suffusedly darker; cilia whitish. 
One specimen. 
40. Xeroscopa formosa, Butl. 
Scoparia formosa, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
dol. 
$,17mm. Head white. Mavxillary palpi black, apex broadly 
white (labial palpi broken). Antenne blackish, ciliations one-half. 
Thorax white, shoulders spotted with black. (Abdomen broken.) 
Legs black, ringed with white, posterior pair white, base of tarsal 
joints black. Fore wings elongate, narrow, gradually dilated, 
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin nearly straight, 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1888.—PaRT Ul. (JUNE.) § 
