152 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(3) P/oiai'iodes pulchra Blackburn. 



Ploiariodes pulchra Blackb., 1889, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iii. p. 350. 

 I have not seen the type, nor has Mr Perkins collected a specimen answering to 

 the description. 



Hab. Oahu (Blackburn). 



LuTEVA Dohrn. 



Luteva Dohrn, i860, Linn. Ent. xiv. pp. 213 & 242. 



Occurs in North and South America, Philippine Isles, Celebes, Sumatra, and 

 N. Britain. 



(i) L-nteva insolida W^hite. 



Luteva insolida White, 187S, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 113. 

 Hab. Hawaii, Olaa (September), Perkins. One example. 



Ne.sii>iolestes, gen. nov. 



Allied to Ploiariodes and Luteva, distinguished by the short anterior tarsi, and the 

 position of the somewhat elongate acute spine of the anterior femur, which is situated 

 near the base of the latter ; forming in some ways a link between the divisions 

 Leistarcharia Stal and Stenolemaria Kirk. ( = Ploiariaria Stal). 



Posterior lobe of head convex, strongly narrowed behind, rounded in front ; eyes 

 small, projecting somewhat beyond lateral margins of head. Antennae long, first 

 segment about si.\ times as long as the head, second segment slightly longer than the 

 first. First segment of rostrum short, not reaching to base of anterior lobe of head, 

 second reaching to base of anterior lobe. Pronotum anteriorly tuberculate on each 

 side, apically wider than any part of the head, medianly constricted. Meso- and 

 metanotum each with a blunt spine. Anterior coxae nearly twice as long as head, 

 femora slightly curved, a little longer than coxae ; tibiae and tarsi together equal 

 to femora, tibiae about 4^ to 5 times as long as tarsi, femora with fine hair-like spines 

 beneath, along their entire length, also several short sharp black spines at intervals and 

 a longer one close to the base. [Intermediate and posterior legs (except coxae) 

 missing, but from analogy the posterior femora probably extend far beyond apex of 

 abdomen.] Abdomen much longer than head and thorax together, gradually widening 

 posteriorly ; connexivum vertical. 



