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Hypoxomeutidae. 



Semnoprepia pittospori n. sp. 



^ Head and thorax white, face and patagia fuscous ; palpi with mid- 

 dle joint fuscous on outer side, terminal joint whitish; antennae dark 

 fuscous ; legs with femora pale ochreous, fore and middle tibiae and tarsi 

 dark fuscous ; hind tibiae pale ochreous, hind tarsi marked with fuscous. 

 Abdomen very light fuscous, anal tufts pale ochreous. Forewings dark 

 fuscous brown, with a whitish streak on dorsal margin; a short dark 

 fuscous mark in the fold and just at the middle of the anterior edge of 

 the dorsal whitish streak; apical cilia dark fuscous, cilia at tornus whit- 

 ish, between this and apex spotted, fuscous alternating with whitish. 

 Hindwings pale grey, cilia whitish. Expanse, 13 mm. 



Described from o S S reared from dead PHfasporum wood, 

 Kiiliouoii, Oalm, June 25, 191 ("5 (Swczey). 



Semnoprepia coprosmae n. sp. 



(5 , $ . Head, thorax and palpi ochreous brown; antennae dark fus- 

 cous, basal fifth nearly black; legs with femora ochreous, fore and mid- 

 dle tibiae and tarsi dark fuscous, hind til)iae ochreous, hind tarsi marked 

 with fuscous; abdomen ochreous. Forewings nearly uniformly ochreous 

 brown ; three conspicuous dark fuscous spots, one on middle of fold, one 

 in the cell at middle of wing, one at end of cell ; a series of small dark 

 fuscous marginal spots extending around apex of wing; cilia ochreous. 

 Hindwings pale grey without markings; cilia pale ochreous. Expanse, 

 18-23 mm- 



Described from seven specimens (type i ) reared from 

 larvae feeding in live wood of Coprosma longifoUa at Malama- 

 lama, a ridge on the windward slope of JMt. Konaluianui, 

 Oalm, October 8, 1916 (Swezey). 



The larvae of this genus are elongate and whitish and 

 nsnally feed in dead wood; but the larvae of this species were 

 found in the live wood and were quite abundant in the trees 

 of the locality. The injury by them caused dead places in the 

 tree trunks and branches, and a very rough, gnarlly appearance 

 where the growing of the tree had partially overgrown the 

 injuries. Pieces of branches containing larvae were brought 

 in, and the moths issued l^ovember 20 to December 14. A 

 series of 18 8clerodermiis semnopvepiae Bridwell also issued 

 from this material, and cutting up some of the wood, it was 



