COLEOPTERA 417 



(i) Scricoderus pubipennis Sharp. 



Sericoderus pubipennis Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. in. 1885, p. 128; Matthews, Mon. 

 p. 121. 



We have received seventeen specimens. The colour varies somewhat, from 

 lighter and more yellow to ferruginous more or less infuscate. The clubs of the 

 antennae are usually infuscate. There is also variation in size, the length being from 

 about f to I mm. 



Hab. Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii. — Oahu : various mountain localities (Black- 

 burn) ; Kaala mts. 2500 ft. ; Waianae mts., beaten from dead Koa branches, 2000 — 

 3000 ft. (Perkins). — Maui : various mountain localities (Blackburn). — Lanai : 2000 ft. 

 (Perkins). — Hawaii : Kona, from Kukui trees 2500 ft., from fungi about 4000 ft. 

 (Perkins). 



CoRYLOPHODES Matthews. 



Corylophodcs Matthews, Ent. Mo. Mag. xxii. 1885, p. 160, Mon. p. 145. 

 Ex parte Coi'ylophus Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. iii. 1885, p. 127. 



(i) Cory I op hades rotundus. Sharp. 



Corylophus rotundus Sharp, 1. c. 



Corylophodes rotundus Matthews, Mon. p. 156. 



We have not received this species from Mr Perkins. 



Hab. Oahu. Near Honolulu (Blackburn). 



(2) Corylophodes suturalis, Sharp. 



Corylophus suturalis Sharp, 1. c. 



Corylophodes suturalis Matthews, Mon. p. 157. 



We have not received this species from Mr Perkins. 



Hab. Oahu. " Occurs at roots of grass on the Nuuanu Pali," 2000 ft. (Blackburn). 



Orthoperus Stephens. 

 Orthopcrus Stephens, 111. Brit. 11. 1829, p. 186; Matthews, Mon. p. iSo. 



Orthoperus aequalis Sharp. 



Oi'thoperus aequalis Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. iii. 1S85, p. 12S; Matthews, Mon. 



p. 194. 

 Comparison of this species with others of the genus in the British Museum shows 

 that it is distinguished by its form being a narrow, elongate oval ; by the numerous 

 distinct punctures ; by the whole surface being finely alutaceous ; and by the colour 



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