1 68 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(32) Oodemas corticis, sp. nov. 



Nigroaeneum, plus minusve nitidum, elongato-ovatum, sat robustum. Rostrum 

 crebre punctatum, apice baud dilatato. Oculi convexi. Antennarum funiculi articulus 

 secundus primo longior. Pronotum latum, antice fortiter angustatum. Elytra crebre 

 punctulata, lateribus bisinuatis, punctis, quae majora sunt, seriatim dispositis, striis 

 parum distinctis, vel obsoletis. Lobi tarsorum anticorum parum magni. ^ %. Long. 

 5 — 7 mm. (Plate VIII. fig. 2[.) 



This species of which I have examined a great number of examples, is very 

 variable in almost every character. The rows of larger punctures on the elytra are 

 sometimes very distinct, with the punctures themselves closely set, sometimes much less 

 so, and the punctures remote from one another, or even for the most part obsolete. 

 These punctures are shallow and by no means coarse, but larger than those of the 

 interstices, which are nearly always well developed and distinct. Most examples have 

 the surface shining, some brilliantly so, others are nearly dull. In spite of the variation 

 exhibited, the species by its large size, and general form, &c., is one of those most easily 

 recognized on a casual inspection. 



Hab. Lanai, Molokai mountains, and Maui on Haleakala. Very abundant under 

 the bark of trees. 



^'^'^ Oodemas pachysoma^ sp. nov. 



Ovatum, robustum, nigroaeneum, plerumque plus minusve nitidum. Rostrum 

 distincte punctatum, apice baud dilatato. Oculi convexi. Antennarum articulus secun- 

 dus et tertius subaequilongi. Pronotum latum, antice fortiter angustatum, subtiliter 

 punctatum. Elytra levissime vel vix striata, seriatim vix fortiter punctata, interstitiis 

 distincte subtiliter punctatis. Tarsorum anticorum utriusque sexus lobi parum magni. 

 t %. Long. 4-5 — 6 mm. (Plate VIII. fig. 22.) 



A rather distinct looking species, of robust form, and not brightly aeneous. The 

 rostrum in the ^ is rather short, and wide at the base, becoming narrower towards the 

 apex. The elytra are (at least in the <J) wide near the base, the sides being strongly 

 rounded from the shoulders. The sculpture is variable, consisting of rows of larger 

 punctures which are sometimes closely placed (i.e. the punctures in each row), but in 

 other examples are decidedly irregular. The interstitial puncturation is much more 

 dense in some examples than in others, but it is nearly always conspicuous. The lobate 

 third joint of the anterior tarsi is unusually small for the size of the species in both 

 sexes. The general surface is more or less shining, but there is considerable variation 

 in this respect. 



Hab. Kauai mountains (4000 ft.). 



