564 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(15) Nesophrosyne bobeae, sp. nov. 



Much the appearance of caelicola, but the mark on the vertex is of different 

 form, and the grill is more clearly defined. Head and scutellum ivory white, the vertex 

 with a subcrescentic mark (the base of the grill), the lateral margins concave to enclose 

 the pale ocelli. Frons with a well-defined brown grill, the middle line widening 

 apically ; clypeus with lateral margins blackish brown, genae and lora sparsely marked 

 with blackish brown. Pronotum pale olive green. Scutellum with pale olive brown 

 anterior angles. Tegmina hyaline, tinged with olivaceous, with a slight bronzy gleam ; 

 subcostal, brachial and claval veins yellowish testaceous, the rest dark olive brown, 

 suffused at the nodal veins and the first two apicals. Clavus a little soiled along the 

 commissure, the median cell and inner discoidal cell a little nebulose in the middle. 

 Wings a little smoky, veins dark. Tergites black. Sternites and legs pale, base of 

 bristles of hind tibiae blackish. Vertex subangular anteriorly. Pronotum aciculate- 

 punctate. Exterior subapical cell remote from subcostal vein, angulate exteriorly, one 

 nodal vein arising from the middle, suffused. Length ^ 4^ , % 5 mm. 



Hab. Oahu, Tantalus, 1800 ft., on Bobea elatior (Oct., 1906, Perkins). 



(16) Nesophrosyne paludicola, sp. nov. 



%. Blackish ; a yellowish ferruginous grill on a purplish brown frons ; a whitish spot 

 on the pronotum near the lateral margins. Scutellum sordid whitish, more or less 

 suffused (especially apically) with brownish. Tegmina whitish hyaline, claval veins 

 suffused brown, apical angle brown ; inner half of corium brownish except a narrow 

 claval margin and one or two apical spots, whitish ; exterior half whitish ; apical 

 cells mostly brownish. Abdomen mostly blackish brown, hind tibiae blackish brown, 

 with white spines. Pygophor pale with pale hairs, ovipositor sheath blackish. 

 Length \\ mm. 



Hab. Molokai, 4000 ft. (June, Perkins, i %). 



(17) Nesophrosyne palustris, sp. nov. 



Vertex, pronotum, scutellum and clavus rose pink ; a faint grill, face more or less 

 fuscous apically. Corium testaceous, closely sprinkled with rose pink. Coxae and 

 femora (except apex) piceous, rest of legs and abdomen brownish testaceous. Hind 

 tibiae at base of bristles piceous. Other characters those of N. ulaula, from which it is 

 readily distinguished by the piceous femora and the rosy hue. Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Molokai, Kahanui (Feb., Perkins coll.). One rather immature specimen 

 in bad condition. 



