COLEOPTERA 4,; 



Henoticus Thomson. 

 Henoticus Thomson, Skand. Col. x. p. 67. 



(i) Henoticus serratus, Gyllenhal. 



Cryptophagus scrratjis Gyll., Ins. suecica, i. p. 171. 



Dr Perkins informs me that he met with this insect at Kilauea, Hawaii, in the wet 

 forest at an elevation of about 4000 feet ; but I have not seen any of his specimens. 



H.\B. Oahu and Maui (Blackburn), Hawaii (Blackburn and Perkins). 



Fam. CUCUjn)AE. 



Brontol.\emus Sharp. 

 Brontolaevius Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. in. 1S85, p. 142. 



(i) Bronto/aeiints clcgans Sharp. 



Broiitolacuiiis elcgans Sharp, Tr. Dublin Soc. in. 1885, p. 142, PI. IV. fig;^. 16. 



This was described by me from a pair presumed to be from the island of Oahu. 

 Mr Blackburn stated that the species also occurred on Kauai, but all the Kauai examples 

 I have seen are markedly different from those found on Oahu. I have no doubt therefore 

 that the original types are both from Oahu. At the same time I must say that I have 

 seen no example that agrees anything like completely with my male type ; it is remarkably 

 small, and has the punctures on the striae of the elytra unusually large. The figure, 

 loc. sup. cit., is inexact in several particulars, especially as regards the mandibles, and the 

 striation of the elytra. The type of the female is well matched by e.xamples found by 

 Mr Koebele, and which I have called van kocbelci. The male may probably be assigned 

 to the Honolulu form of the species as an aberrant and worn example. I have now 

 before me in all a series of twenty-seven examples that I assign to B. clegans, they were 

 collected at various times by Mr Perkins, as well as by Mr Koebele and Mr Blackburn. 

 Unfortunately most of them are without locality tickets and there are only four males in 

 the whole series. They exhibit a great deal of variation. 



I have already said that I have no specimen that tallies with the original male type; 

 sixteen females agree sufficiently with the female type to treat them as B. ckgatis, 

 though they exhibit much variation. The six other females and the four males belong 

 to a larger form as below. 



Hab. Oahu. Wakiawa, iv. igoi ; Honolulu, 2000 — 3000 ft. v. i8q6 (Perkins). 

 F. n. Ill 55 



