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Three examples taken in the same locality and at the same time are referred to 

 this species, although they do not agree very closely in some respects. I have regarded 

 the two smaller, and partly shining, examples as t. the larger, which is entirely dull, as 

 the ?. 



The rostrum is narrow, the apex not at all dilated, the puncturation sparse 

 throughout, or at least down the centre. The antennae are slender, the first and 

 second joints of the funiculus in the ^ are not very elongate, subequal in length, or with 

 the second very slightly the longer. In the % the difference between them is more 

 pronounced, the first being evidently less long than the second. The prothorax is 

 wide, dull, or at least not brightly shining, and finely punctured. Elytra somewhat 

 shining in the J^, quite dull in the %, lightly striate in the former, much more distinctly 

 so in the latter, in which the punctures are decidedly coarse, more so than in the t- 

 The lobate third joint of the anterior tarsi is very small for the size of the species. The 

 metallic colour is more pronounced on the elytra than on the rest of the insect, and is 

 bronzy. The general form is rather robust, especially the %. 



Hab. Kauai mountains (Makaweli, 3000ft.). 



(26) Oodemas sh^iatuin, sp. nov. 



Aeneum, elongato-ovale, nitidum. Rostrum subnitidum, crasse punctatum, apice 

 haud dilatato. Antennae crassiusculae, funiculi articulo primo secundo evidenter 

 breviore. Pronotum sat latum, dense punctatum. Elytra nitida, basi submarginata, 

 fortissime striata, striis confertissime grosse punctatis, interstitiis convexis, conspicue 

 punctulatis. Tarsorum anticorum lobi sat magni. (Ansexus?) Long. 4-5 mm. (Plate 

 VIII. fig. 26.) 



This is a most distinct species of a bright bronzy colour and of elegant form, the 

 elytra narrowing very gradually to the apex at a distance not far from their base. 

 Their strong striation, with coarse close punctures, and conspicuous interstitial punctura- 

 tion, together with the shape of the insect, readily distinguishes it from all others. 



Hab. Kauai. A single example taken in the mountains behind Lihue (3000 ft.). 



(27) Oodemas piincticolle, sp. nov. 



Nigroaeneum, nitidum, oblongo-ovatum. Rostrum strigoso-punctatum, apice haud 

 dilatato. Oculi convexi. Antennarum articulus secundus brevis, tertius elongatus, illo 

 multo longior. Pronotum sat longum, crebre distincteque punctatum. Elytra nitida, 

 seriatim nee fortiter punctata, postice fere verticalia, apicibus late rotundatis, striis 

 obsoletis, interstitiis crebre conspicueque punctulatis. Tarsorum anticorum articulus 

 bilobatus parvus. (An sexus ?) Long. 4 mm. 



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