314 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



colour dark fuscous with black lateral border, broader on the first segments of abdomen, 

 diminishing to a narrow line on the anterior half of the last segment ; a pale longitudinal 

 line running parallel with the lateral margin ; each segment with a broad median trans- 

 verse band separated by a pale line from the other segments ; dorsal surface thickly 

 scattered with short hairs ; last segment narrowly rounding with long hairs on the 

 lateral margin and fringe of fine short hairs along the posterior margin ; a pale 

 uncoloured line on the posterior margin with large pustulations in the anterior ends 

 of clear region. 



Three females taken from A nous s/olidiis (Kahului, Maui Island). 



(3) Colpocfplialiim brachysoiiiiDii [sp. nov.]. 



Colpocephaliiin brachysomum %. Body, length i'33 mm.; width ■; mm.; short, 

 broad, pale fulvous with dark brown to black markings on head. 



Plate X. fig. 8. 



Head, length "36 mm. ; width '6 mm. ; front flatly rounding, a short weak hair each 

 side of the median line, a second weak hair on the lateral margin of the front ; two long 

 and two short hairs on the lateral angle in front of the ocular emargination ; antennae 

 projecting beyond the margin by its last segment ; eye large, distinctly divided, the 

 larger anterior portion filling the angle of the ocular emargination, while the posterior 

 portion lies apparently on a ridge which e.xtends across the temples, a distinct black 

 fleck in the larger portion of the eye ; few stiff hairs in the ocular fringe, growing more 

 irregular in length on the anterior portion of the prominent, rounding temples, one of 

 these hairs very long, a few shorter hairs on the posterior margin ; occipital margin 

 weakly concave, with a long hair and short spine each side of the median line ; colour 

 pale yellowish-brown ; large ocular dark chestnut-brown blotches extending laterally by 

 the black ocular fleck ; dark brown clypeal blotches extending inwardly to the dark 

 mandibles ; occipital band distinct, widening into deep ruddy brown angular occipital 

 blotches, which fade anteriorly. 



[163] Prothorax broad anteriorly, angles with one long hair and a short spine; a 

 short spine and one long hair on the broadly rounding lateral margin ; colour yellow 

 brown with no distinct markings. Metathorax narrow with abruptly diverging sides ; a 

 series of short stiff spines along the lateral margin. A number of long hairs in the 

 rounding posterior angles ; posterior margin straight with a series of long hairs ; pale 

 brown with darker brown angular lateral blotches. Legs robust, pale brown with darker 

 marginal bands ; a number of short stiff hairs on the outer margin of the tibia. 



Abdomen broadly elliptical, the lateral margins broken by slightly projecting 

 posterior angles of the segments ; many long and short stiff hairs along the lateral 

 margins and a series of stiff hairs along the posterior margins of each segment, the hairs 

 longer on the posterior segments ; ground colour pale yellow brown, growing paler 



