1881.] 199 



Both the Japanese species have the elytral carina less elevated 

 than the Indian, and the punctures on the wing-cases are more distinct 

 in the ? than in the $ . 



I have also found Brontes planatus here and in Tezo abundantly, 

 both under bark of various kinds and in old houses at night, running 

 on the rafters ; and Dendrophagus occurs in mountains very sparingly 

 under bark of pine and larch. ] believe the latter species is not 

 distinct from D. crenatus, which, with the Brontes, is in our British 

 List. 



Yokohama : October 31st, 1880. 



DESCRIPTIONS OP POUR NEW SPECIES OF COSSONIDJE PROM 

 THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN, B.A. 



OODEMAS. 

 O. Olikd^:, sp. nov. 



Ovale, sat elongatum, nitidissimum, nigro-ceneum ad viridem accedens ; 

 rostro elungato, apice fortiter dilatato, confertim punctato ; oculis sat magnis, 

 convexis ; antennis rostro capite prothoraeeque vix brevioribus, funiculi arti- 

 culis primo et secundo elongatis subcequalibus, clavd fortiter elongatd ; pro- 

 thorace antice angustato, fortius nee confertim punctato; elytris antice confuse 

 punctatis, postice obscure carinatis, impunctatis, margine anteriori subelevato, 

 humeris subprominulis ; pedibus in primis rohustis ; subtus abdominis parte 

 anteriori minus fortiter punctatd. Long. 6\ — 7\ mm. 



In dead branches of trees near " Olinda," the property of S. 

 Alexander, Esq , on Haleakala, Maui ; named in memory of my hos- 

 pitable reception at that most agreeable sanatorium. 



An extremely distinct species. The long rostrum and antennae 

 (of which latter the club measures more than half a millimetre) , the 

 prominent eyes, the defined front margin of elytra, and their sub- 

 carinate hinder portion, combine to produce a facies suggestive even 

 of a distinct genus ; but as each of these organs presents similar 

 characters in a less degree in some one or other of the previously 

 described species of Oodemas (even the elytral peculiarities being 

 faintly represented in nivicola), I think it must take its place with 

 them. 



O. INEEBNUM, Sp. nOV. 



Ovoftum, itidum, ameum ad viridtm accedens, antennis rufo-testaceis , 



