2 36 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



F. Species insulae Hawaii propriae. 

 (103) Proterhimis kawaiiensis, sp. nov. 



Nigro- vel rufo-piceus, statura majore. Antennae graciles, elongatae, articulo 

 tertio cum sequentibus sat fortiter elongate, clava distinctissime 3-articulata, articulo 

 9°, quam 8"^ multo longiore. Oculi permagni, fortiter prominentes. Pronotum profunde 

 3-impressum (impressione quarta postice plus minus distincta), setis depressis aliisque 

 curvatis et erectis vestitum, baud latum. Elytra pallide squamosa, setisque erectis sat 

 crebre conspicueque vestita, grosse punctata, basi scutellum juxta utrinque tuberculata, 

 humeris productis. Femora minus fortiter incrassata, tibiis anterioribus elongatis et 

 gracilibus, tarsorum lobis parum magnis. $ $. Long, vix 4 — 475 mm. (Plate X. 

 fig. 8.) 



Only a pair of this large species have been e.xamined. The elytra are much more 

 elongate in the $ than in the $, but otherwise, apart from the usual sexual differences, 

 the two are very similar structurally. The puncturation of the elytra is apparently very 

 coarse and rough, but is not clearly seen owing to the squamosity. The species is 

 easily recognised by its large size, very large and prominent eyes, long slender antennae, 

 uneven setose thorax, the elytra somewhat impressed along the suture, the more than 

 usually elongate and slender clavate hind femora, the long slender front tibiae, and for 

 the size of the insect the small lobes of the front tarsi. It is allied to P. epitrachys of 

 Maui. 



Hab. Hawaii, Kona, 3000 ft. September 1892, i % ; Olaa, 2000 ft. November 

 1896, I ^. No doubt a rare species. 



(104) Proterhin2is vulcanus, sp. nov. 



.Niger, tarsis antennisque plus minusve rufescentibus. Antennae sat elongatae sed 

 crassiusculae, clava distinctissime 3-articulata (sive articulo 8", quam 9"^ multo minore). 

 Oculi magni, fortiter prominentes. Pronotum profunde 3-impressum, pallide (sat dense) 

 vestitum, antice (saepe abrupte) angustatum. Elytra inaequalia, dorso subdeplanato, 

 irregulariter aut maculatim cinereo-squamosa, setis erectis pallidis sat conspicuis, basi 

 scutellum juxta utrinque tuberculata, humeris productis. Tarsorum anticorum articulus 

 secundus major, lobis haudquaquam parvis. Rostrum % longitudinaliter rugulosum. 

 t ?• Long, vix 3—3-25 mm. 



This species appears to be allied somewhat to the P. lecontei of Maui, and 

 also perhaps to the preceding species (/-". kawaiiensis). There are distinct traces of 

 longitudinal and transverse unevenness of the surface of the elytra, but it is much less 

 marked than that of P. lecontei. The thickness of the antennae is no doubt variable, 



