COLEOPTERA 



371 



(2) Eopenthes miratiis, sp. no\'. 



Auratus, nitidus, femoribus rufis, antennis, tibiis tarsisque nigris. Long. ic>| mm. 



This scarcely differs from E. caettileus, except in the golden brassy colour and the 

 slightly broader form, so that the thorax appears more narrowed towards the front. The 

 series of E. cacrnlcns is very constant in colour, so that I think anratits will prove 

 distinct. 



Hab. Molokai, 4000 ft. vi. 1896 (Perkins). 



(3) Eopenthes basalis Sharp. 



% Eopenthes basalis Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. iii. 1885, p. 153. 



E. basalis ex parte, Blackburn, t. c. bottom of p. 155. 



Plate XIII. fig. 7, $. 



This fine species is readily distinguished by the strongly acuminate and sharply 

 spinose apices of the elytra, as well as by the form of the prosternal process (Plate XIII. 

 fig. 10). In both these characters it is approached by E. koebelei. There is a distinct 

 incrassation of the base of the front tarsi. My original description was made from 

 a rather small female. I have now both sexes before me. They differ comparatively 

 little, the antennae of the male being less elongate than usual, and extending very little 

 beyond the angles of the thorax ; it has the thora.x coarsely and very densely punctured, 

 and the 2nd and 3rd joints ot the antennae rather shorter than they are in the female. 

 The species is apparently very rare. 



The remarks made by Blackburn (t. c. p. 155) about E. basalis refer really to 

 E. obscurus $. 



Hab. Oahu, Honolulu (Blackburn. Perkins); N.W. Koolau range; Mts. near 

 Honolulu, 2000 — 3000 ft. (Perkins). 



(4) Eopenthes longicollis, sp. nov. 



^ Nigerrimus, haud nitidus, pube pallida ac brevi vestitus, fortiter sculpturatus ; 

 elytrorum apicibus spinosis. Long. 10^ mm. 



A remarkably distinct species, of elongate form, with very dense sculpture ; the 

 punctures on the thorax are large and are crowded as closely as can be ; the striation 

 of the elytra is remarkably deep, and the apices are more conspicuously spinose 

 than in any other species except E. basalis : the antennae are largely developed and 

 elongate : the prosternal process is to a certain extent an approximation to that of 

 E. basalis, but is really very little different from that of the ordinary species of the 

 genus except that it is rather less bent up behind the co.xae, and the denticle is larger. 

 The species seems to connect the very distinct E. caernleus with basalis and koebelei. 



