390 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(S) Droniaeoliis obscunis, sp. nov. 

 Fusco-ferrugineus, dense subtiliter punctatus et pubescens ; antennis sat elongatis. 

 Long. 4 — 4^ mm. 



This may possibly not be distinct from D. sordidus, the difference in the antennae 

 being perhaps sexual, and the other distinctions merely due to variation. The antennae 

 are slightly longer than in D. bom>ouloiri and the fourth joint evidently longer than 

 broad. The front tibiae of one of the two individuals are dilated, but in the other they 

 are not, and this renders it probable that the specimens are of two se.xes. If therefore 

 the examples are not distinct from D. sordidics, that species will prove to be a very 

 variable one. Mr Perkins remembers the capture of these insects and thinks the four 

 specimens are probably of one species as he found them in the same log. 

 Hab. Oahu : Kaala mts. 2000 ft. January, 1893 (no. 34, Perkins). 



(9) Dromaeolns, conipressus, sp. nov. 



Angustus, antice et postice angustatus, haud depressus, nigricans, antennarum 

 basi pedibusque rufis, vel nigricantibus ; flavo-pubescens, subtiliter punctatus, parum 

 nitidus. Long. 3^ mm. 



Smaller than D. obscurns, less depressed, and with the thorax more narrowed in 

 front, and the elytra more slender at the tip. The thorax is narrowed to the front 

 almost in a straight line, without any curve, and the hind tibiae and tarsi are very 

 slender, with short terminal joint. It is not likely to be confounded with any species 

 except D. obscnrus : D. pachydercs, and the other small species allied to it, have a 

 differently shaped thorax. 



We have only two specimens. The type from Maui is paler than the Hawaiian 

 individual ; but I cannot separate the two on such small evidence. Both have the 

 fourth joint of the antennae more elongate than in most of the allies ; this is also the 

 case with D. soi'didus, with which D. coiiipressiis is not likely to be confounded on account 

 of the differences in size and form. 



H.\B. Maui, Hawaii. — Maui, Jao valley, September, 1901 (no. 775). — Hawaii, 

 Kona, 3000 ft. August, 1894 (no. 142, Perkins). 



(10) Dromaeolus konensis, sp. nov. 



Fusco-ferrugineus, subtiliter minus dense punctatus, sat nitidus, fla\o-pubescens, 

 antennis minus elongatis, cumque pedibus pallide rufis. Long. 4^ mm. 



Closely allied to D. bonz>oii/oin\ of less elongate form and less attenuate behind, 

 darker in colour, and with finer punctuation. The antennae are shorter than those of 

 D. bonvouloiri, and have a shorter fifth and terminal joints. Fourth and fifth joints 

 rather slender, each rather longer than broad, the fifth slightly the larger, sixth — tenth 



