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rotundatis. Elytra rufa, nigro-maculata, pallide squamosa, setisque brevissimis erectis 

 vestita, perelongata, humeri's vix productis, sed distinctis. Femora postica minus 

 fortiter clavata. Abdominis segmentum primum ventrale ex majore parte vix evidenter 

 punctatum. t ?• Long. 2 — 2-2 mm. 



A small and very narrow species remarkable for the great length of the elytra. 



Hab. Kauai, Halemanu. Four or five examples taken in May 1895. 



(27) Proterhinus leptophyas, sp. nov. 



Forma elongata et angustissima, nigricans, plus minusve rufo-variegatus, antennis 

 rufis. Oculi minuti. Antennae breves, clava vix plus quam 2-articulata. Pronotum 

 inaequale, antice angustatum, medium longitudinaliter subsulcatum, impressionibus 

 duabus sublateralibus distinctis aut obsoletis. Elytra perelongata, angustissima, nigra, 

 plus minus rufo-variegata, maculis rufis tantum squamis vestitis, parte nigra nuda, dense 

 punctata, humeris hand productis. Femora gracilia. <? $. Long. 2 — 2*4 mm. (Plate IX. 

 fig. 8, ?.) 



This small species is very distinct, and remarkable for its very narrow form and 

 extremely elongate elytra. The antennae are unusually short, and entirely of a clear 

 red colour, as also are the tarsi, and sometimes also the tibiae. The elytra usually bear 

 a number of pale spots, which alone are covered with squamosity, the dark parts being 

 bare. In the darkest individuals the elytral markings are reduced to a single spot at 

 the extreme base, and such examples have nearly the whole surface of the elytra 

 without squamous clothing. The hind femora are not at all strongly clavate. 



Hab. Kauai (4000 ft). Probably a local species, since all the specimens obtained 

 were taken on the same day (April 15th, 1895). 



(28) Proterhinus linearis Blackburn. 



Proterhinus linearis Blackburn, Tr. Dublin Soc. iii. 1885, p. 169. 



The unique example of this species in the British Museum is in poor condition and 

 I cannot identify it with any of those taken by me with certainty. 



Hab. Kauai (Rev. T. Blackburn). 



(29) Proterhinus maculifer, sp. nov, 



Angustulus, depressiusculus, piceus (nonnunquam nigricans vel rufescens), elytris 

 maculis rotundatis squamiferis pallidioribus plus minusve variegatis. Oculi parvi. 

 Rostrum Z haud brevissimum. Antennae graciles, breviores, clava baud abrupta. 



