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Kilauea and the four from Hilo come nearer to the Oahuan E. inipressus, than do the 

 specimens from Kona, these being distinctly nearer to E. striatus. One specimen from 

 Kona is however of the Kilauea form ; it is no. 201 and was found at 3000 ft. in 

 October, 1892. None of the other form were found with it. Twenty-eight specimens 

 of ^. liawaiicusis have been procured. I have treated the Hilo form as the type of the 

 species. 



Hab. Hawaii. Above Hilo, 1800 ft. (no. 558); Olaa ; Kilauea; Kona, 2500 — 

 4000 ft., from decaying Lehua tree (no. 283) ; beaten from various trees (no. 217), &c. 

 (Perkins). D. S. 



(7) Eitpetiints priscus, sp. nov. 



Nigricans, nitidus, limbo pedibusque sordide testaceis (antennae desunt); prothorace 

 fortiter punctato, angulis posterioribus argutis vi.x obtusis ; elytris inaequalibus, sat 

 profunde striatis, striis subtiliter punctatis ; abdomine sat crebre, subobsolete punctato. 

 Long. 4, lat. if mm. 



This insect cannot be referred to E. iinpressus, as it is larger, and has a longer 

 thorax. I have theretore given it a name, although we have received only a single 

 mutilated individual, a male. 



Hab, Kauai, high plateau, August 1896 (Perkins). D. S. 



(8) Etipetinus striatus. Sharp. 



Brachypephts striatus Sharp, Tr. ent. Soc. London, 1881, p. 515. 



This is usually a dark-coloured and obscure species ; it has coarsely sculptured 

 thora.x and deeply striate elytra with narrow interstices, and narrow lateral margins, a 

 short thorax, a good deal narrowed behind, and with slightly obtuse hind angles. 



In Hawaii it varies a good deal in size, but not very much in other respects. From 

 Oahu we have a large series of about 1 19 specimens, very variable in colour and looking 

 at first sight quite different from the Hawaiian series, but I am unable to find any 

 means of distinction. Some of these specimens are almost entirely yellow, others have 

 black marks to a quite variable extent. And in some specimens the colour is similar to 

 that of the Hawaiian individuals. 



Hab. Hawaii, Oahu, Maui. — Hawaii : Olaa, Kilauea, Hilo 1800 — 2000 ft. — 

 Oahu: Konahuanui Ridge (no. 8to), Wahiawa, Mokuleeia, mts. near Honolulu, 

 Waianae mts. (no. 547). — Maui, Haleakala (nos. 772, 826, Perkins). D. S. 



(9) Eupetinus bicolor, Blackburn. 



Brachypeplus bicolor Blackburn, Tr. Dublin Soc. in., 1885, p. 137. 

 " Sat latus, nitidus, piceo-niger ; pedibus, thoracis abdominisque lateribus et gutta 

 circa elytrorum suturam magna apicali, ferrugineis ; prothorace transverso, lateribus sat 



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