HEMIPTERA 123 



transverse, not carinatc longitudinally. Rostrum reaching beyond apex of posterior 

 coxae. Tegmina three times as long as wide medianly, slightly ampliated apically. 



t %. I^ong. 4'2 mm. to apex of abdomen, 6'4 mm. to apex of tegmina, expanse 

 1 2" I to I 2 '3 mm. 



Haf. Hawaii, Kilauea (August), 5 examples, Perkins. 



(5) Oliariis tarai. sp. nov. 



Plate IV. figs. 8 & 9. 



Black : lateral margins of vertex and of scutellum pale fulvous (scutellum sometimes 

 almost entirely pale fulvous), lateral margins and keel of clypeus and frons ferruginous. 

 Tegmina whitish hyaline, nervures pale brownish, with a dark smoky or brownish-black 

 band at the ba.se, also the apical one-third of tegmina the same tint. Stigma and apex 

 of rostrum black. Base of rostrum, head beneath, legs and sterna fulvous. Tegminal 

 granules and hairs brownish-black. Abdomen black, connexivum black {1;) or pallid {%) 

 (femora sometimes more or less blackish). Length and basal width ot vertex subequal, 

 basal width about three-fifths more than width of an eye, and about one-half greater 

 than apical width, the apical margin slightly rounded or subangulate. Rostrum reaching 

 to base of posterior femora. V^ertical margin of forehead angularly emarginate, generally 

 not carinate, sometimes obscurely carinate. Tegmina nearly three times as long 

 as wide. 



%. Terebra somewhat short. 



Hab. Hawaii. Olaa (December). — Molokai, 4000 ft. (June). — (3ahu, Honolulu, 

 2000 ft. (March, .September) ; Waimea, 3000 ft. (February): Waianae Mts. (.April). 



var. a. f,. Lateral margins and keel of frons and clypeus black, apical margin 

 of vertex truncate. 



Hai!. ^Luli, Haleakala (May). 



var. /8. inorai. as in the type, but tegmina and wings entirelv dark smoky or 

 blackish-brown. 



Hah. Molokai Mts., 4000ft. (June — September). — Maui, Haleakala, 5000 ft. (May), 

 nine examples from Molokai and one from Maui. 



^. Long. ^\ — 5^ mm. (to apex of abdomen) ; 7^ — 7I mm. (to apex of tegmina) ; 

 expanse 13^ — 14 mm. 



?. Long. 5^ — 6^ mm. (to apex of abdomen) ; 815 — 9 mm. (to apex of tegmina) : 

 expan.se 14! — 15I mm. 



The distribution of the supposed species of which I have seen 23 examples is 

 therefore Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu. 



