342 Occasional Papers Bcnilcc P. Bishup Mtiscinn 



The treatment of the i^eini^ l)y I'erkins is the best to be found 

 in the Hterature.^" It seems probaljle that further study will show 

 many of the species to be subdivisible into geographic races, or 



at least into topomorphs. 



The genus Jlanza shows close similarity in general appear- 

 ance to the genus r>elocc]:)halus, peculiar to the extreme south- 

 eastern L'nited States. 



Ten species of the genus are recognized b)- us, their distribu- 

 tion being as follows : 



Hawaii, nitida (I'.runner) 



Maui. briDiiica (Perkins) and iiiaiiicnsis (Perkins) 



Lanai. dcplaiiata (Brunner) 



Alolokai. niolokaicJisis (Perkins) 



Oahu. pan'iila (Walker) and iiiiica (Perkins) 



Kauai, kauaicnsis (Perkins) and aMnis (Perkins) 



Banza parvula (\\'alker) 



1869. Saga pan'iila \\'alker. Cat. Dermap. Saltat, Br. ]\Ius., 

 II, p. 293, [ $ , Oahu. j 



1870. Banza nigrifrons Walker, Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Br. 

 AIus., Ill, p. 477. [S, Loochoo Islands]."'" 



1882. C[onoccphaliis\ blaclcbiirni Bormans, Ann. ]\Ius. Civ. 

 Stor. Xat. Genova, X\TII, p. 346, 3 figures. [Hawaiian 

 islands.] 



1891. Brachynictopa discolor Redtenbacher, A'erh. Zool.-Bot. 

 Ges. Wien, XLI, p. 431, pi. HI, fig. 49. [5.9 ; Hono- 

 lulu, Oahu]. 



The above synonymy, excepting blackbiirni, was first pub- 

 lished by Kirby. In 1910,''- Perkins stated that discolor Redten- 



■'" Fauna 1 lawaiionsis. II. pp. S-13, pi. 1, figs. 1-7, pi. II. ligs. 1-4, (1899). 

 "^ Probably due to an error in lalicUing, tlie species of tbis genus being 

 apparently peculiar to the Hawaiian Islands. 

 "" Fauna Hawaiiensis, II, p. 687. 



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