rni'TOMETEA. 



453 



defined hy brown ; medial line hrovn-i, diffused, oblique to the reni- 

 forra, then inwardly obUque and bent inwards at submedian fold ; 

 postmedial line bro^vn defined on inner side by golden yellow, 

 slightly incurved below vein -4, then oblique; subterminal line 

 bromi,'^ diffused on inner side, excmwed below vein 7 and at middle ; 



Fig. 115. — Phytometra pteryluta, ^. 



a brown terminal line. Hind ^^'ing whitish suffused with oclu-eous 

 brown, an indistmct obhque brown postmedial Ime ; the miderside 

 more oclii'eou.«!. 



2 . Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown, the scarlet areas 

 more prominent, some of the scales tipped with pui-ple-grey ; legs 

 brown mixed ^vith pm-ple-gi-ey, the fore legs with some scarlet in 

 front ; abdomen brown, the crests darker mixed -with rufous and 

 tipped with white, the venti-al sui-face scarlet except at base and 

 extremity ; fore wing dark chocolate-broA\'ii with some scarlet 

 suffusion beyond the subbasal striga and below end of cell, the 

 middle of terminal area suffused with golden cupreous, some purple- 

 grey suffusion before inner part of antemedial hne, above and 

 beyond end of cell, beyond the postmedial line, and on terminal 

 area towards tornus, a golden yellow mark before the subterminal 

 line between veins 3 and 2 ; hind Aving brown, the ciha tij^ped with 

 white. 



Ilab. Hawaii, S.E. Korlan Range, 1 S type, Kilauea (Perl-ins), 

 1 2 • ^■^P- -12 millim. 



SrcT. II. Antennae of male bipeetinate wiih short branches ending in long 

 bristles, serrate towards apex. 



8275. Phytometra psectrocera, n. sp. 



d . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with gi-ey ; palpi ivith 

 the tip of 3rd joint white ; antennae with the shaft ringed with 

 white towards base ; spurs and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen 

 dark brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dark brown tingi-d with 

 gi-ey and irrorated and striated with black, the inner half of medial 

 area darker ; subbasal line represented by a sinuous silvery striga 



