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however find no character clearly separating them from the larger specimens ; probably 

 they approach more to the typical form of the species. Specimens very much the same 

 in colour were included by Dr Sharp as L. balteatiis. Legs testaceous. Antennae 

 usually darker. Length 2 — 2^ mm. Eleven specimens. 



Hab. Lanai, Maui, Hawaii. — Lanai : 2000 ft., several " near Koele." — Maui : 

 Haleakala, 4000 — 5000 ft. — Hawaii : Kona, 3000 ft. (Perkins). — North America, 

 Central America (see Sharp, 1. c). 



Subgenus Litargellus Casey. 



Litargellits Casey, J. N. York Ent. Soc. viii. 1900, p. 136. 



Pubescence confusedly arranged, without widely separated series of longer semi- 

 erect hairs. Epipleurae strongly concave, deeply descending. Epistoma trapezoidal. 

 Pronotal punctures minute, slightly elevated, subannulate. Last antennal joint short, 

 broadly arcuato-truncate at ape.x. 



(2) Litargus vest it its Sharp. 



Litargzis vestitus Sharp, Tr. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, p. 88. 



There seems little doubt that this species belongs to Casey's subgenus Litargellus, 

 though the terminal joints of the antennae might perhaps be better described as broadly 

 acuminate apically. In other respects it clo.sely agrees with the definition of the sub- 

 genus. The suture between epistome and frons is very obsolete. 



The species is characterised by its regularly oval form, the thora.x: narrowing in 

 front, and the elytra behind, so as to form a perfectly continuous outline. It is also 

 characterised by the dark ferruginous colour, with warm testaceous markings on the 

 elytra. The legs and antennae are yellowish, the clubs of the latter sometimes very 

 slightly darker. Sinuations in the base of the pronotum small but evident ; no depres- 

 sions visible on the pronotum. Length if — 2 mm. 



Nine specimens received from Mr Perkins. 



Hab. Oahu, Lanai, Hawaii. — All three islands: in bark at considerable elevations 

 (Blackburn). — Oahu: Waialua ; Waianae mts. 2000 — 3000 ft.; Kawailoa gulch; near 

 Honolulu. Several times recorded as obtained by beating, from dead Koa branches, 

 native apple tree, &c. (Perkins). 



TvPHAEA Kirby. 

 Typhaea (Kirby) Stephens, 111. Brit. iii. 1830, p. ']0. 



( I ) TypJiaea fiiniata Linnaeus. 



Dermestes fitmatns Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 564: Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. in. 

 1885, p. 235. 



Hab. Oahu, Maui (Blackburn, Perkins). Cosmopolitan. 



