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(12) Cis ckioj'oiiciis Sharp. 



Cis chloroticus Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. 1S85, p. 164. 



This is another normally immaculate species of a testaceous colour, the thorax and 

 base of elytra sometimes more or less inclined to fuscous. The surface in this species 

 is not quite glabrous, as in a profile view of the prothora.x some short, fine, erect hairs 

 can easily be detected, although they are sparsely distributed. Length V] — 2"25 mm. 



Hab. Maui, Haleakala (4000 — 5000 ft.) ; not common. 



(13) Cis simulator sp. nov. 



Elongatus, subconvexus, nitidus, testaceus, capite nigricante, pronoto saepe plus 

 minusve infuscato, elytris utrinque nigro-maculatis, apices versus lateraliter setis graci- 

 libus elongatis sparsim vestitis. Pronotum subremote distincte punctatum. Elytra 

 basim versus obscure punctata, puncturatione subobsoleta. Long. 175 — 22 mm. 



In the condition of its clothing this species resembles the following {Cis iabidus), the 

 head and prothorax bearing fine, erect setae, very short on the latter, and easily abraded, 

 the elytra at the sides towards the apex having a sparse clothing of long, fine hairs. It 

 differs from that species in its larger average size, and more convex form, and the elytra 

 are more pointed behind, being decidedly less parallel-sided. The insect would appear 

 to be very constant in its general appearance, being testaceous in colour, with dark 

 head, and two black spots at about the middle of the length of the elytra. In some 

 examples the thorax is more or less obscured with fuscous or blackish clouding. At 

 the base the elytra have an obscure, indefinite, and subobsolete, but rather large 

 puncturation. In general appearance and form this species is extremely similar to 

 C. chloroticus, but that insect has immaculate elytra, and is devoid of the long hairs at 

 the sides of the elytra towards the apex. 



Hab. Maui, Haleakala (5000 ft.) ; about a dozen examples taken. 



(14) Cis tabidns Sharp. 



Cis tabidns Sharp, Tr. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, p. 93. 



Distinct from Cis bicolor, under which species it was sunk by Blackburn. It is 

 very variable in size, colour &c. and also in the puncturation of the prothorax, which is 

 much closer in some than others. In fresh examples the elytra bear some long fine 

 hairs at the sides towards the apex, and even in some specimens all along the sides, as 



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