2 56 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



{4) Cis nesiotes, sp. nov. 



Subcylindricus, haud fortiter convexus, pronoto aeneo, antice posticeque saepe 

 pallescente, elytris testaceis, marginibus lateralibus fasciaque transversa circa media 

 nigris, setulis pallidis brevissimis inconspicue vestitis. Pronotum nitidum distincte sat 

 fortiter punctatum. Elytra grosse denseque rugoso-punctata. Pedes articulique anten- 

 narum basales testacei, femoribus saepe antennarumque clava nigricantibus. Long, vix 

 2 — 2'5 mm. 



A distinct species with the thorax always brassy or coppery, elytra pale, black 

 along the margins and about the middle of their length with a transverse fascia, which 

 forms two sharp angles. This fascia is sometimes broken up into detached spots. 

 The species is chiefly remarkable for the coarse (but shallow) and very rugose 

 puncturation of the elytra, which even on the apical portions is hardly different in 

 character. The very short pallid setae are quite evident but not conspicuous. There 

 are no long hairs on any part of the elytra. There is considerable variation in the 

 puncturation of the prothorax, the punctures being very much coarser and closer in 

 some examples than in others, and in many the surface of this part is evidently uneven. 



(5) Cis cognatissiinus, sp. nov. 



Praecedenti forma et colore simillimus, pronoto aeneo, nitido distincte punctato, 

 elytris testaceis nigro-signatis, basi grossius rugoso-punctata, setulis pallidis brevissimis 

 vestitis, apicem versus minus dense rugoso-punctatis et laevioribus. Long. 17 — 

 2"25 mm. 



Extremely like the preceding, and very variable in size ; in some examples the 

 median transverse fascia of the elytra is represented by two spots, but usually it forms 

 a sharp angular mark on either wing-case just as in the preceding. The thorax is 

 distinctly and clearly punctured, more closely in some examples than others, the surface 

 shining. The elytra are less rugosely punctured, towards the apex a good deal 

 smoother and the punctures less close and rugose than in C. nesiotes, and for this 

 reason the two forms cannot be considered identical. The clothing is of the same 

 character in both the species. 



Hab. Kauai, Oahu, Lanai, Molokai, Hawaii, in the mountains from 2000 — 

 4000 ft. 



(6) Cis bicolor Sharp. 



Cis bicolor Sharp, Tr. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, p. 93; Blackburn, Tr. Dublin 



Soc. 1885, p. 163, PI. IV. fig. 22. 

 This is a distinct species and is I believe quite distinct from C. tabidiis Shp., 

 which in Tr. Dublin Soc. (1. c. supra) was sunk as a variety of it, as well as from the 



