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s!ii)\v wlictlicr these represent j^eographic races or the less import- 

 anl i()])oiii(ir])hs. From the ])resent material it appears probable that 

 ci'assipcs, described from Kilauea \ Olcano at 4000 feet, should be 

 recognized as a geographic race, warranting full trinomial status. 



In the topoty])ic specimen before us the tibiae are strikingly 

 heavier than in the other s]jecimens, thickened tibiae being" the 

 character given as diagnostic for crassipcs by Perkins. This race is 

 found at the hig-hest elevation at which individuals of the species 

 have been recorded. 



Banza kauaiensis (Perkins) 



1899. Bracliymctopa kauaiensis Perkins, Fauna Hawaiiensis, 

 11, ]). 10. [ $ .9 \ Makaweli, Kauai, at 2000 feet.] 



Kauai, 3500 feet, IV, i and 14, 1919, (J. A. Kusche), i^, 

 25 ; 4000 feet, IV, 2, 1919, (J. A. Kusche), 1$, [Hebard Coll.]. 



We believe that the present material represents a topomorph 

 of kauaiensis. disting-uishable from the typical condition by the more 

 elongate teg'mina. In the specimens before us these organs are as 

 well developed as in the maximum for B. nitida (Brunner). The 

 species is readily distinguished from nitida by the shorter and 

 heavier vertex, decidedly finer and more numerous tegminal vena- 

 tion and male cerci, with ventral tooth directed mesad, its apex 

 pointing in the same direction as that of the dorsal tootb. The 

 material before us of both these species has the dorsal margins of 

 the caudal tibiae well supplied with minute spines. 



A series of fourteen immature examples, showing both green 

 and brown color phases, apparently represent this species. These 

 were taken by J. A. Kusche on the island of Kauai, between 

 March 26 and April 2y, 1919. and are now in the Hebard Col- 

 lection. 



Banza unica (Perkins) 



1899. Brachynictopa iinica Perkins, Fauna Hawaiiensis, II, 

 p. 10. [ 9 ; Mountains near Honolulu, Oahu.] 



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