THE XiniY WORM. 



Cirphis unipuncta (Hawortli). 

 (Plate III, Figs. 8-0. ) 



Lciirdiiia inilpuiicia. llevrick, Fauna llawaiicnsis, 1, Pt. 

 Ill, p. 142, 1901. 



Heliophila unipuncta. Dvar, List of North American Le])i- 

 doptera, p. 161, 1902. 



Cirphis unipuncta. IIani])son, ( ^at. Lep. Plial. British AIus., 

 V, p. 547, 1905. 



"The moth is variable in size, the average individual measuring 

 about 40 mm. (an inch and a half) in wing expanse. The front 

 wings are pointed at the tips, and are of a reddish grey or fawn 

 color, much specked with black atoms. Anterior of the center of 

 each wing are two rather large, indistinct spots, distinguished from 

 the rest of the wing by an absence of black specks, and by a clearer 

 reddish coloring. Immediately posterior to the outermost of these 

 spots is a white point indistinctly surrounded by blackish. A series 

 of black points parallel with the outer margin; one on each vein is 

 usually perceptible. An oblique black streak starts from this line 

 of dots, and ascends to the apex of the wing, and. with the form of 

 the wings, principally characterizes the species. Just inside the 

 fringe is a serious of black dots, one between each two veins. The 

 hind wings are translucent, grey, with the terminal border and the 

 nervures blackish (in the front wings the nervures are whitish). 

 The sexes differ from each other but little. 



"The under side of the wings is of an opalescent yellowish white. 

 Along the outer margin, particularly of the hind wings, are many 

 black specks, so nearly confluent as to form a definitely limited 

 dusky terminal band. On the costal margin of each forewing, near 

 the tip, is a small, distinct, black dot, and at the center of each hind 

 wing is a similar dot. The body is concolorous with the wings, and 

 the legs are light grey, slightly tinged with reddish, and speckled 

 with black dots." [Riley, Third Report of the U. S. Entomological 

 Commission, p. 103, 1883]. 



Neither in this desci'iption, nor in any other of the numerous 

 descriptions I have seen of this si)ecies, is mention made of the 

 tuft of hmg hairs which occurs on each side of the abdomen 

 of male, at base. I sent s])eciniens to Dr. Dvar, who verified 

 my identification of the species, and replied that the structure 

 of the male tufts was the same as in North American specimens. 

 Apparently these tufts were overlooked l)y Hampson, for in his 



