3o8 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



colour of the head pale golden brown, clypeal signature pale brown but distinct, narrow- 

 ing slightly posteriorly ; anterior and posterior margins slightly convex ; antennal bands 

 broad anteriorly but little darker than general colour of the head, deepening to black- 

 brown at the antennal fossae ; ocular blotch distinct, black-brown ; temporal borders 

 narrow but well marked until interrupted by the pustulation, broader just below the eye ; 

 occipital blotches distinct. 



Prothorax short, sides parallel ; posterior angle with one long pustulated hair ; 

 general colour pale brown with whitish median line and narrow dark lateral bands. 

 Metathorax with broad rounding sides, diverging posteriorly ; one long hair in the 

 posterior angle ; posterior margin with a long, acute, median angle ; lateral submarginal 

 band, widening near the anterior angle and again in front of the posterior angle. Legs 

 pale golden brown without dark markings. 



Abdomen narrow, elliptical ; broadening rapidly to segment 4 ; posterior angle 

 distinct, with i — 2 long hairs; broad transverse band of pale brown separated by a 

 distinct uncoloured median line extending to segment 6, bands shining in segments 6 

 and 7 ; lateral bands dark golden brown, broader anteriorly ; posterior margins of 

 .segments uncoloured ; last segment broadly rounding with a slight emargination. 



One specimen from Aci'idofkeres tristis (Hahaina [? Lahaina], Maui Island). 



[158] (2) Nirnms stenozomis [sp. nov.]. 



$. Body, length 2 mm. ; width "4 mm. ; long, slender, pale yellow brown with 

 distinct blackish marginal markings on the abdomen. 



Plate X. fig. 3. 



Head, length 4 mm. ; width 36 mm. ; elongate, conical with a very narrow, slightly 

 convex anterior margin, two short marginal hairs near the front ; a loner weak hair in 

 front of the trabeculae which reach as far as the second segment of the antennae ; 

 antennae with second .segment longest, segment 5 longer than segments 3 or 4, colour 

 pale yellow brown ; eyes inconspicuous, with a short prickle near the posterior margin ; 

 temporal margins flat with one long pustulated hair and a few short prickles ; ground 

 colour of head yellow brown with golden brown antennal band, bending sharply in at 

 the antennae ; anterior margins separated by an uncoloured clypeus ; temples bordered 

 with narrow band of dark chestnut-brown ; a pale brown shield-shaped occipital blotch 

 surrounded by a V-shaped uncoloured marking extending from the dark-coloured 

 mandibles to the occipital margin. 



Prothorax short with rounding lateral margins ; one hair in the rounding posterior 

 angles ; pale golden brown lateral borders ; metathorax trapezoidal with widely diverging 

 sides (posterior angles extending beyond the lateral margin of the abdomen), a few short 

 prickles and one long hair in the posterior angles, posterior margin slightly rounding on 

 the abdomen ; chestnut-brown marginal markings, paling anteriorly after the constriction ; 



