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Dr. Perkins, to whom this specimen v.-as given, at tirst thonght 

 it a distinct hut closely allied species and drew up a descrip- 

 tion under the name P. neirelU after its discoverer. This name 

 was never puhlished, however, for, as Dr. Perkins has written 

 me recently, when he gave the specimen to the British IMuseum 

 several years ago, Sir George Hampson determined it as the 

 female of pterylota. It is recorded in the Catalogue of the 

 Lepidoptera in the British Museum, XIII, page 453, 1913, 

 where both sexes are described and the male is iigiired. The 

 habitat as given there is incorrect. Instead of ''Hawaii, S. S. 

 Korlan Range, 1^ type; Kilauea (Perkins), 19," it should 

 1)0 corrected to read ''Oahu, S. E. Koolau Range (Mt. Tanta- 

 lus), 1^ type; Hawaii, Kilauea (Newell), 19." 



An occasional specimen of this species has been taken of 

 recent years by ^Iv. Giifard at lights at his bungalow^ near 

 Kilauea, Hawaii; and Brother " Matthias has recently pre- 

 sented me with a specimen taken at Hilo, Hawaii. On 

 September 14th of this year, Mr. "Williams collected a spec- 

 imen on the ridge at the south side of lao Valley, Maui. 

 This is the first record of its capture on that island. 



P. cjiffardi Swezey was described in Proceedings of the 

 Hawaiian Entomological Society, II, page 234, July, 1913, 

 from specimens collected at light by Mr. Giffard at his bunga- 

 low near Kilauea, Hawaii, in 1911 and 1912. A specimen was 

 collected previously, however, on Maui, by the late F. W. 

 Terry. This specimen was sent to the British Museum, and 

 has since been described as Phyfometra psectrocera and fig- 

 ured by Sir George Hampson in the Catalogue of the Lepid- 

 optera in the British Museum, XIII, pages 453 & 454, Dec, 

 1913. The habitat there given should read ''Kaupo Trail," 

 instead of "Campo Trail." Comparing speciments of giffardi 

 with the description and figure of psectrocera, I find them to 

 agree, hence, as both species were published in the same year, 

 and giffardi earlier in the year than psecfrocera, the latter 

 will be a synonym of the former. 



Mr. GifFard occasionally secures more specimens of this 



