lo FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



district. In neither of these localities do the specimens agree with the typical ones, 

 or with each other, but owing to the variation exhibited, they cannot be regarded 

 as distinct species. 



Brachymetopa nitida, van hildensis, van nov. ^ with the tegmina shorter than 

 in typical specimens, the greatest length shown by these examples being only lo mm. 



Brachymetopa nitida, var. ptmae, var. nov. Generally larger than the other forms, 

 attaining; the followinsf dimensions. 



Long, corporis (haud contracti) $ 25, $ 27 mm. ; pronoti $ 6'5, ? 7 mm. ; tegminum 

 $ II, ? II — 13 mm.; femorum post. $ 16, $ 17mm.; ovipositoris 12 mm. 



One or two of the $$ however have the femora of only 13 mm. and therein 

 agree with the var. hiloensis, but still remain distinct from the typical specimens by 

 the short tegmina, the length of which is only 8 mm. 



Brachymetopa nitida, var. crassipes, var. nov. The tibiae are evidently stouter 

 than in the other forms. $. 



Long, corporis 23 mm. ; pronoti 6'5 mm. ; tegminum io'50 mm. ; femorum 

 post. 13 mm. 



A single ^ was taken at Kilauea (4000 ft.). This is the highest elevation at 

 which the genus has occurred. 



The ^ characters seem to be identical in the various forms ; the upper hooks of 

 the cerci are bent upwards, the lower are very long and rise up behind the former 

 to a considerably higher level. 



(4) Brachymetopa kauaiensis, sp. nov. 



Viridis. Mandibulae in parte apicali nigrae. Labrum cum fronte tota pallidum. 

 Tegmina abbreviata, tympano $ minus infuscato, haud nitido. Tibiae posticae utrinque 

 spinulis armatae. Unci cercorum $ inferiores decumbentes. $'^. 



Long, corporis $ 19, $ 21 mm.; fastigii vert. $ r2, ? 1*5 mm.; pronoti $ 5'5, 

 $ 6 mm.; tegminum ^ 775, ? 8 mm. ; femorum post. $ 12, $ 13 mm. ; ovipositoris 

 1 1 mm. 



Hab. Makaweli, Kauai (2000 ft.). Rare, i $ taken in 1895, ^^^ i <? in 1897. 



(5) Brachymetopa unica, sp. nov. 



Viridis. Mandibulae pallidae, margine interno nigro. Frons media plaga lata 

 triangulari rufo-brunnea ornata. Fastigium verticis latum, apice fere truncato. Teg- 

 mina ad apicem abdominis se extendentia, subacuminata, densissime venosa. Tibiae 

 posticae interne spinis raris, externe fere nullis (una tantum), armatae. ?. 



