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less completely and strongly black-margined, interrupted at middle 

 posteriorly, in front broken into S or 10 dots; a few tiny dots 

 near middle and a little in front of posterior margin; a longitu- 

 dinal l)lack l)ar in each lateral lobe, sometimes divided into two 

 spots. Tul)ereles of all segments more or less black-margined, 

 those of segment o usually most strongly margined, those of 

 segments 4, 11 and 12 nearly as strongly margined. In younger 

 stages the head has fewer markings, and the supra-spiracular 

 lines of tubercles are entirely black. 



Pupa. — Length 9 mm., medium l)rown, similar to O. accepta. 

 Pupal period 11-113 days. 



Omiodes epicentra INIeyr. 



" <J 9 . 25-26 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 mixed with brownish, segmental margins narrowly whitish, anal tuft 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, lower half white. Fore 

 wings moderate, termen bowed; pale ochreous, irregularly mixed with 

 whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous; veins indistinctly whitish; first 

 line dark fuscous, very acutely angulated in middle, upper portion 

 indistinct, lower strongly marked and followed by a brownish-ochreous 

 suffusion; a blackish orbicular dot; two dark fuscous discal dots trans- 

 versely placed, followed by an oblique brownish-ochreous suffusion; 

 second line whitish, edged with dark fuscous, with very slight and 

 obtuse angulation below middle; a terminal series of blackish triangular 

 dots. Hind wings grey, darker-sprinkled; a blackish discal dot; a 

 straight whitish postmedian line, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous, 

 and posteriorly by g, cloudy dark fuscous suffusion; an interrupted 

 blackish terminal line." [Meyrick, Fauna, Hawaiiensis, I, Pt. H, p. 203 

 1899] . 



This species has been collected quite alumdantly in certain 

 seasons, by Dr. Perkins, at ^\'aialua and AVaikiki, Oahu; latt so 

 far the cateri)i]lars remain undiscovered. 



Omiodes eziryprora Meyr. 



" t? 9 • 31-33 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, lower half white. Legs dark fuscous, tarsi white. Fore 

 wing long, apex subacute, termen rather strongly sinuate; fuscous, pur- 



