THE HAWAIIAN BEET WEBWORM. 13 



The species has also been placed in the genera Zinckenia and 

 Spoladea. 



The following is a somewhat free translation from Cramer's orig- 

 inal description in French : 



p IG> o — Fascialis. — The white band and the spots on the black ground of this 

 little moth, of which the two surfaces of the wings carry the same colors, are 

 of a mother-of-pearl luster. The antennae are filiform, the feet very long and 

 slender, similar to all those which belong properly to the so-called family Phal. 

 [wna] Pyralis. Monsieur M. Houttium has received it from Japan. 



On the same page, as throughout the work, a similar description is 

 furnished in Holland Dutch. 



The reference to the illustration is Volume IV, of the same work, 

 page 398, figure O. 



The synonymy which follows is in accordance with Moore: 

 Phalcena recurvalis Fabricius, Syst. Ent, p. 407 (1775) ; Ent. Syst, iii, 2, p. 237 



(1794). 

 Zinckenia recurvalis Zeller, Lep. Micro. Caffr. Kongl. Yet. Akad. Handl., p. 55 



(1853) ; Lederer, Pyral. Wien. Ent. Mon., vii, p. 437 (1863) ; Snellen, Tijd. 



voor Ent, 1872, p. 95 ; Meyrick, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, p. 308. 

 Spoladea recurvalis Guenee, Delt. et Pyral., p. 225, pi. 8, fig. 5 (1854). 

 Hymenia recurvalis Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xvii, p. 396 (1859). 

 Phalena fascialis Cramer, Pap. Exot., iv, pi: 398, fig. o (1782). Stoll, id., v, 



pi. 36, fig. 13 (1791). 

 Phalcena angit stalis Fabricius, Mant. Ins., p. 309 (1787). 

 Hymenia diffascialis Hiibner, Yerz. bek. Schmett., 361 (1825-7). 

 Hydrocampa aWi fascialis Boisduval, Faun. Ent. Madag. Lep., p. 119, pi. 16, fig. 



1 (1834). 

 fPhalwna nigrella Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, iii, App., p. 225. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE GENUS. 



The genus Hymenia is defined as follows : 



Forewing rather narrow, triangular; cell more than half the length; first 

 subcostal at one-fifth before end of the cell, third bifid, fifth straight from end 

 of cell ; discocellular slightly concave, radials from the ends ; middle median very 

 close to end of cell, lower at nearly one-third; hindwing short, rather broad, 

 apex convex, exterior margin convex in the middle; cell two-fifths the length; 

 subcostals from end ; discocellular obliquely concave, radial from lower end ; 

 two upper medians from end of cell, lower at one-third. Body moderately slen- 

 der; labial palpi ascending, slightly curved, reaching level of the eyes, second 

 joint laxly squamous, broadest at the base, third joint small, slender, pointed; 

 maxillary palpi slender ; antennae setaceous, basal joint nodular ; legs slender, 

 smooth, spurs long, hind spurs equal. (Moore). 



DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES. 



The species is described as follows : 



Dark vinaceous-brown ; in some lights olivescent greyish-brown; forewing 

 with a short blackish-bordered white band from the costa before the apex, 

 below and exterior to which are three small inwardly curved superposed spots. 



