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(3) Rcdiiz>io/ns blackbiirni, \\^hite. 



Nabis blackburniV^\i\\.ft, 1878, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 373. 



Closely allied to R. ferns (Linn.) — very variable, but almost always pale brownish 

 cinereous in ground colour. 



"Common amongst long grass in damp hollows on the higher mountains" 

 (White). 



Hab. Hawaii, Olaa, 5000 ft. (October, November) ; Kilauea (August) ; Kona, 

 1500 — 5000 ft. (June — September). — Maui, Haleakala, 4000 — 5000 ft. (October). — 

 Lanai, Halepaakai, 2000 ft. (February, July, September). — Molokai Mts., 3000 ft. 

 (September). — Oahu, south-east coast (January) ; Honolulu, 2000 — 2500 ft. (February, 

 August) ; Waianae Mts. (April) ; Kaala Mts. (August). — Kauai, Koholuamano, 4000 ft. 

 (April) ; Waimea Mts. (May, June). Laysan (Bremen Museum). I have examined 47 

 specimens. 



This species is remarkable for e.xtending its range to the lonely reef ot Laysan, well 

 beyond Kauai. 



(4) Rcditviolus morai, sp. nov. 



Plate V. fig. 39. 



Belongs to the typical subgenus by the structure of the wings and femora, but has 

 much the appearance of a Hoplistoscelis. 



Robust, not elongate, pilose (elytra very minutely so). Dark sanguineous ; 

 antennae dilute, second segment obscurely annulate at the apex, fourth more or less 

 fumate. Head marked with brownish-grey as in most of the other species of the 

 subgenus. Large medio-anterior spot and the lateral margins narrowly, of scutellum, 

 black. Head beneath and sterna black. Elytra pale pinkish-brown, spotted with 

 brown, membrane slightly fumate, marked with ash-brown. Wings dark fumate. 

 Femora more or less obscurely spotted with brownish-black, anterior pair more or less 

 black beneath. Apex of tarsal segments and the claws blackish. Abdomen above 

 more or less blackish at sutures, upper part of each connexival segment black. Abdomen 

 beneath sanguineous. Head slightly widened behind the eyes. Pronotum and elytra 

 punctured, the former minutely. Elytral nervures stout. Apex of corium sinuate. 

 Posterior femora slender, more or less curved. Rostrum reaching to middle of meso- 

 sternum. Head as long as the second segment of antennae, which is three-fifths 

 longer than the first, slightly longer than the third, which is slightly longer than 

 the fourth. Base of pronotum 2\ times as wide as the collar. 



%. Abdomen laterally rounded, extending beyond lateral margins of elytra. 



Long. 7^ — 8:j: mm. ; lat. 2^ — 2^ mm. 



