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Proterhinus antiquus Perkins. 



A single example taken by Mr. Swezey on Mt. Kaala in 

 company with P. abnormis, described above. It is in poor con- 

 dition, but I have several from Kaala that are much better in 

 this respect, one being very fresh. I cannot separate these 

 from some specimens of the Kauai antiquus. The individuals 

 captured by me were taken casually, but certainly not on 

 Broussaisia. There is also a closely allied and apparently new 

 species in the Koolau Range, but I should like to see more 

 examples than those I have collected. 



Proterhinus deceptor Perkins. 



Two small and fresh examples ; one taken by Mr. Bridwell 

 on the coral plain at Ewa from Euphorhia, and one taken by 

 Mr, Timberlake on Diamond Head from Lipocliaeta, agree 

 excellently with minute examples of a large series bred by my- 

 self from GoF?ypiu.m. In the latter series w^ere examples twice 

 or thrice the size of the smallest ones. Other series have been 

 obtained from the han and various other trees. 



Fourteen examples from Kilauea, Hawaii, found by Mr. 

 Swezey on the rare tree Hibiscadelphus Giffardianus belong' to 

 the form var. major (hardly to be separated from var. I'ona- 

 nus). They differ much in size and somewhat in other re- 

 spects from the minute examples mentioned above, but with se- 

 ries from different islands and taken from different plants I am 

 unable to split up the species. 



Proterhinus excrucians Perkins. 



An example of the smaller, narrower variety of this most 

 difficult and variable species is in poor condition. It was cap- 

 tured on the lowlands (on the Ewa coral plain), on S'lda by 

 Mr. Bridwell, and differs in no wise from some of the depau- 

 perated examples taken in the mountain forest above Honolulu. 



Proterhinus obscurus Sharp. 



A male of the darkest variety of this variable species was 



