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(loi) Proter-himis ombrophiliis, sp. nov. 



Totus niger, haud latus, squamis pallidis inaequaliter vestitus. Rostrum $ totum 

 opacum, subtiliter longitudinaliter rugulosum, basim versus sensim angustatum. An- 

 tennae nigrae, breviores, clava parum distincte 3-articulata (sc. articulo 8° et 9° inter se 

 haud multo diversis). Oculi minores, sed subprominuli. Pronotum haud dense 

 squamosum, rugoso-punctatum, obscurius 3-impressum, lateribus minus fortiter rotun- 

 datis, et macula albida squamosa densiore signatis. Elytra haud inaequalia, basim 

 versus haud distincte angustata, obscure punctata et ubique asperula, irregulariter 

 (submaculatim) albido-squamosa, setis erectis brevibus et subconspicuis, basi leviter 

 emarginata, humeris distinctis, sed minus fortiter prominulis. Femora haud fortiter 

 incrassata, tarsis omnibus nigris. $. Long. 2 mm. vix superans. 



This species is closely allied to the unique P. nivicola of Maui, with which it closely 

 agrees in colour, clothing, form of antennae, and rostrum, as well as in the somewhat 

 peculiar sculpture. It differs from that species at once in its much less elongate elytra, 

 which do not exhibit the same tendency to inequality of the surface. P. 07nbropliilus has 

 the elytra of only moderate length. 



Hab. Molokai. A single example taken in the highest forest of the island, in 

 May 1893. 



(102) Protcrliinns pte7'idis, sp. nov. 



Elongatus, angustissimus, rufescens, elytris saepe plus minus fusco- vel nigro- 

 maculatis. Antennae brevissimae, incrassatae, articulo primo robusto, triangulari (? 

 etiam fortiter elongato), caeteris brevissimis, clava brevi tantum 2-articulata. Pronotum 

 squamosum, saepe plus minus evidenter 3-impressum, impressione antica majore, lateri- 

 bus minus fortiter rotundatis. Elytra perelongata pulchre maculatim squamosa, setisque 

 albidis vestita, humeris haud productis. Pedes sat robusti, lobis tarsorum minutioribus. 

 Z ?. Long. 175 — 2*5 mm. (Plate IX. fig. 24. Z-) 



Although varying a good deal in the development of some of the characters, this 

 small species by its elongate and very narrow form, its maculate elytra, and extra- 

 ordinarily short and thick antennae, is one of the most remarkable and distinct species 

 of the genus. It is I think allied to P. navita, which makes some approach to it in the 

 structure of the two basal joints of the antennae. 



Hab. Molokai (3000 ft.) ; in the leaf-stalk of a species o{ Ptej-is. 



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