194 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



lineis elevatulis longitudinalibus inaequalia, setis erectis vestita, basi leviter emarginata, 

 humeris acutis. Femora postlca parum fortiter clavata, tarsorum lobis anticorum 

 minutis. Rostrum $ brevissimum, fere aeque latum ac longum, fortiter longitudinaliter 

 rugosum. $. Long. 3 •5 mm. 



Female in size and superficial appearance very similar to P. setigei'-, but differing in 

 the much shorter rostrum, less deeply emarginate base of the elytra, smaller lobes to 

 the front tarsi, etc. A single $ example, although taken at a higher elevation than the 

 ?, is probably referable to this species, since it agrees generally with the individual 

 above described, but is entirely of a reddish colour. The lobes of the front tarsi are 

 very minute, as in the ?. 



Hab. Kauai, a single $ taken at an elevation of from two to three thousand feet 

 on the mountains. The $ mentioned above was taken on the high plateau of the same 

 island. 



Obs. a single $ with the rostrum still slightly longer than that of P. setiger, the 

 elytral puncturation less definite, and the basal abdominal segment beneath very closely 

 and coarsely punctured all over, is very probably another species, while a $ from 

 Molokai will not agree with any of these. It has the rostrum very short, but less so 

 than that of P. solitarius. 



(19) Proterhimis squalidus, sp. nov. 



Atro-piceus vel sordide rufescens, antennis rufescentibus, setis brevibus erectis 

 nonnullisque appressis vestitus, parum convexus. Antennae sat graciles, articulo 

 secundo sat robusto, sed elongato, quam tertius vix breviore. Oculi minuti. Pronotum 

 plus minusve impressum, sat latum, setis erectis brevibus, aliisque erectis, vestitum, 

 confuse riigoso-punctatum. Elytra setis brevibus erectis, aliisque pallidis et depressis 

 irregulariter (sive submaculatim), vestita, puncturatione parura distincta, humeris parum 

 productis, fere rectis. Rostrum % brevissimum, tarsorum lobis anticorum minutis. 

 Z ?. Long. 175 — vix 3 mm. 



Differs from P. antiqints in being of less narrow and elongate form, and generally 

 in having the antennae longer and more slender. It appears to me to be really more 

 closely allied to P. archaeus of Oahu, but that species has the elytra decidedly more 

 elongate, and differs in various small points. The description given above has been 

 made from examples from which the muddy substance, with which they are nearly 

 always covered when captured, has been carefully removed. 



Hab. Kauai mountains (2000 — 3000 ft.). 



