COLEOPTERA 379 



(25) Eopenfhes varians, sp. nov. 



Colore varlans : saepe nigerrimus, parce minus subtiliter fusco-pubescens ; pro- 

 thorace fortiter punctato, elytris profunde striatis, apicibus baud spinosis. LonQ-. 

 b\: — 8-^ mm. 



Var. a. Elytris dimidio basali pallido. 



b. Niger, pedibus flavis. 



c. Elytris dimidio basali pallido, pedibus flavis. 



The great variability in colour of this species is accompanied by a considerable 

 sexual difference in size and form, but the species cannot be confounded with any other 

 found on Molokai. Fifty specimens. 



Hab. Molokai. Mountains, 12. vii. 1893; 4000 ft. 12. viii. 1893; 9. vi. 1893; 

 4000 ft. VI. 1896; Kalae mts. 7. viii. 1S93; Makakupaia, 26. xii. 1893; Kalawao, 8. 

 \'iii. 1893 (Perkins). 



(26) Eopoithcs satcllcs Blackburn. 



Eopcnthes satclles Blackburn, \x. Dublin Soc. in. 1885, p. 155. 



Niger, pallido-pubescens, elytris pedibusque infuscato-testaceis ; prothorace fortiter 

 punctato, nitido, elytris profunde striatis. Long. 7 — -j\ mm. 



This species has a coarsely but not densely punctured thorax, on which the rough, 

 pallid, pubescence stands out very conspicuousl)- ; the hind angles of the thorax are 

 usually rufescent. The species appears to be very closely allied to E. aiiibignus 

 structurally, and the tarsi are almost the same in the two, but E. su/f//es has the 

 apical part of the elytra less attenuate, and the apices very indistinctly spinose. The 

 colour varies somewhat, and the female appears to be usually rather larger than the 

 male, and has less elongate legs and tarsi, which too are usually paler in colour, being 

 yellow, more or less slightly intuscate. Seventeen specimens. 



Hab. Lanai. Halepaakai, vii. 1896; Lanaihale, \ii. 1894 '''''*-l ^ii- '896; mts. 

 Koele, 3000 ft. vii. 1894 (Perkins) ; Koele (Blackburn). 



(27) Eopcnthes fine tits, ^\). nov. 



Z. Nigro-rufus, elytrorum basi rufescente : prothorace minus crebre sat fortiter 

 punctato ; elytris profunde striatis, apicibus spinosis. Long. 8, Lit. 2 mm. 



We have only one specimen of this species, and it is in bad preservation, all the 

 pubescence being rubbed off. It appears to be nearest to E. anibignus, but it has the 

 antennae comparatively shorter and broader, and the tarsi rather broader and thicker 

 There is considerable difference in the colour, but this is of little importance : the colour 

 in both is obscure red with the elytra testaceous, and all the parts more or less infused 



