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Hab. ]\Iaiu, Ifaleakala, about 4000 feet. I have seen only 

 ■one example, the type, in my own collection. It was collected 

 many years ago and is in beautiful condition. Apart from the 

 structnre of the head and important differences in the antennae, 

 the specimen greatly resembles some examples of my series of 

 7'. niolol-aiensis. 



Proterhinus malespretus n. sp. 



Black or blackish fuscous, a small basal and apical portion of the 

 elytra seem to be red, when closely examined, but the color variation is 

 unknown, as tlie specimen fmale) is unique; the squamous covering is 

 golden. Antennae red, the more apical joints appearing lilack or almost 

 so. 



Eyes fairly large, but not at all strongly convex or prominent as com- 

 pared with many species, the head not constricted so as to form a trans- 

 verse ridge. Antennae in no way remarkable, the funicle joints are more 

 or less elongate, the apical ones not at all moniliform ; the fifth antennal 

 joint notably longer than the sixth. Pronotum nearly round in outline, 

 with the three impressions distinct, the clothing nearly evenly distributed, 

 l)ut with a small whiter patch just in front of each of the posterior 

 foveac. Elytra arcuately emarginate at the base, so that the humeral 

 angles are very distinct or subacute ; at the base in the middle (as is 

 easily seen in lateral aspect) they rise up in a strongly convex or oblique 

 manner for a short distance, when the suture becomes slightly raised or 

 prominent. The golden squamosity is distributed over most of the sur- 

 face and the white elongate, erect setae, though not very numerous, are 

 •extremely conspicuous ; the punctures on the median portion are not 

 close. Tlie form of the el\tra is somewhat short, the base Iieing wide. 

 Lengtli. male, 2.25 mm. 



Thi§ species appears to me to l)e (|iiirc disfiuct. Superfi- 

 cially it resembles some examples of 7^. stjiKiiniroJIi.^ as nearly 

 as any Oahuan species, but it may l>e more clo.?ely allied to 

 the rest it us, robustus group. 



Hab. Oahn, Waianae Mts. ; a single male (the tNjie) was 

 t'ollected by me in the winter months (probably Jaiiuarv) of 

 lOOn and has been set aside as new in my eolleetiou bn- uiany 

 yen i-s. 



Proterhinus longisetis n. sp. 



Only a single female of this species has been examined. 'Piic head 

 is black, the pronntum obscurely red, being \ery nuich surfu>e(l with 



