404 Mr. A. G. Butler on Nocturnal Lepidoj)tera 



from two specimens previously sent. " Occurs in neigh- 

 bourhood of Honolulu." 



Gracilariidae. 

 44. Gracilaria mana, sp. n. (No. 112). 



Allied to G. rufipennella. Primaries above pale brown, 

 densely irrorated with darker brown, general coloration pale 

 smoky brown ; in certain lights a faint pink reflection ; a 

 blackish dot in the middle, and a second at the end of the cell ; 

 a line of dark brown scales from the second spot to the costa, 

 and thence along the margin to apex ; four ill-defined dark 

 brown marginal dots between the apex and the first median 

 branch ; fringe whity brown, with cream-coloured basal line 

 and a subbasal series of darker brown flecks : secondaries 

 with the basal third silvery white, the remainder pale shining 

 brown ; fringe whity brown, with cream-coloured basal line : 

 head and prothorax pale brown ; frons white, vertex of head 

 and basal joint of antennae buff, remainder of antennee grey ; 

 meso- and metathorax and abdomen pearly grey, anal tuft 

 shining stramineous; legs above brownish, indistinctly banded 

 with grey. Wings below shining bronze-brown : body 

 whitish, tinted with yellow towards the anus. Expanse of 

 wings 6^ lines. 



One specimen. Honolulu. 



45. Gracilaria auripennis, sp. n. (No. 121). 



Primaries above golden ochraceous, with orange fringe : 

 secondaries smoky black : head and palpi opaline ; antennge 

 above black, banded with white, below cream-coloured; thorax 

 ochraceous ; abdomen black. Primaries below shining fuli- 

 ginous brown, with bright ochreous costal margin and fringe : 

 secondaries silvery, with brown fringe : body below and legs 

 brilliant pearly white. Expanse of wings 6 lines. 



One specimen, " beaten from ' Koa ' trees (a species of 

 Acacia I believe) on Haleakala, Maui " {T. B.). 



Elachistidae. 

 46. Laverna ahjecta, sp. n. (No. 48). 



Allied to L. conturbatella. Primaries dark fuliginous 

 brown ; a whitish spot at the base ; an angulated cream- 

 coloured band across the basal fourth ; a rather wide bluish- 

 white streak along the dorsal margin from the angle of the 

 subbasal band to the external angle of the wing j the inner 



