Pyralidina of the Hawaiian Islands. 239 
PTEROPHORID. 
14. Tricnoprinus, Wlsm. 
42. Trichoptilus hawaiensis, Butl. 
Aciptilia hawaiensis, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
408. 
3S ?,14—16 mm. Headand thorax ochreous. Palpi brownish- 
ochreous mixed with whitish, second joint reaching middle of face. 
Antenne ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous line on back. 
Abdomen ochreous mixed with ochreous-whitish, apex in male 
with a single moderate obliquely ascending hair-pencil. Legs 
white, longitudinally striped with blackish, posterior tibie banded 
in middle and at apex with dark ochreous-fuscous. Fore wings 
cleft from middle, segments linear; veins 2 and 10 present; 
brownish-ochreous, first segment more or less suffused with fuscous ; 
an obscure dark fuscous dot in dise at one-third, and another on 
first segment at base; some white scales indicating very obscure 
bands on both segments before middle and towards apex; cilia 
ochreous-brown, on costa spotted with white on bands, on lower 
margin of first segment with two or three white scales on bands 
and a white subapical spot followed by a small black scale-tooth, 
on upper margin of second segment with a small white spot 
before apex, on lower margin of second segment with white bars 
opposite bands, interspaces greyer, and with a small black almost 
apical seale-tooth. Hind wings cleft firstly from one-fourth, 
secondly from base, segments linear; rather dark fuscous; cilia 
light ochreous-fuscous, third segment with a small well-defined 
black seale-tooth on inner margin at three-fifths, and a fringe of 
white hair-scales between this and base. 
Six specimens. Closely allied to 7’. centetes and its 
group. 
15. Puatyprinia, Hb. 
1. Palpi very long sé ae ot ore -. 43. rhynchophora 
», moderate a zs we Sic a 2s 
2. Fore wings with two dark fuscous dots before middle 45. brachymorpha, 
mr without ¥ + 5 44, cosmodactyla. 
43. Platyptilia rhynchophora, n. s. 
Platyptilia repletalis Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
407 (nec. Walk.). 
S$ @,17—18 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, finely 
sprinkled with ochreous-whitish; frontal cone short. Palpi very 
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