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ninth joints very minute, thorax sinuate at the base, so that the middle is longest, but 

 without definite lobe, the surface rather evenly covered with a fine granular sculpture. 

 Elytra with an irregular but distinct punctuation, shining. Three specimens. 



Hab. Kauai, high plateau, \\\\. 1896 (Perkins). 



Att.vgenus Latreille. 

 Attageniis Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. ri. 1807, p. 32. 



(i) Attageniis plchcins Sharp. 



Attagenus plebeiiis Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. iii. 1885, p. 147. 



This species apparently varies greatly in the extent of the pale fascia of the elytra. 



H.AB. Oahu, Kauai. 



Ckyptoriiop.\lu.m Guerin-Meneville. 

 Cryptorhopaluni Guer., Ic. Regn. anim. Ins. 1838, p. 67. 



(i) Cryptorhopalwii tcnnimilc Sharp. 



Ci-yptorhopaluni tcnuinale Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. in. 1S85, p. 150. 



Hab. Oahu (Blackburn, Perkins) ; Maui (Perkins) ; Kauai (Blackburn) ; probably 

 all the islands. 



(2) Cryptorhopalinn bi-cviconie Sharp. 



C. brevicorne Sharp, 1. c. 



Mr Perkins has found three or four specimens only. They apparently vary 

 greatly, so that I am not sure that all are one species. 



Hab. Oahu (Blackburn) ; probably all the islands. 



Dermestes Linnaeus. 

 Dcrinestcs Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. ii. 1767, p. 561. 



( I ) Dermestes cadaverinits Fabricius. 

 Dermestes cadaverinits F"abricius, Syst. Ent. p. 35. 

 Hab. All the islands. 



(2) Dermestes vulpinus Fabricius. 

 Dermestes zntlpifius Fabricius, Spec. Ins. i. p. 64. 

 Hab. All the islands. 



