468 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



margine lateral! angusto, abdomine dense fortiter punctate. Long, fere 4, lat. i^ — 

 if mm. 



This is closely allied to E. obsolctns, but is less dull, with the punctures in the 

 striae larger, and more easily seen, owing to the striae being less deep, and it has the 

 punctuation of the pygidium less rough and less granular. It is usually easy to dis- 

 tinguish, but some of the specimens come very close to E. obsoletus. We have received 

 about 39 specimens of E. sculptus. 



Hab. Hawaii, Oahu. — Hawaii; Hilo (Kaumana, &c.), 1800 — 2000 ft., Olaa. — 

 Oahu ; a single specimen from Waianae coast (no. 672, Perkins). D. S. 



Eupetinus sculptus var. pairus, var. nov. 



Certain specimens depart considerably from the individuals treated as the type of 

 E. sculptus, the interstices of the elytra being wider in proportion to the size of the 

 punctures, the thora.x and antennae are rather shorter, and the punctuation of the 

 abdomen more scanty. The coloration is more variegate, and in some cases assumes 

 the " dimidiatus " form in a marked manner. This variety of sculptus approaches 

 E. spretus. I have an immature e.xample found in the Waimea Mountains of Kauai, 

 that I cannot distinguish from the Hawaiian specimens. 



Hab. Hawaii: Kona, 3000 ft., x. 1892 ; Olaa, ix. 1S96 (Perkins). 



We have received six specimens of this variety, in addition to two found by 

 Mr Blackburn and now in the British Museum. One specimen from Olaa and one 

 from Kona are of the dimidiatus form. 



Hab. Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai. — Hawaii: Kona, 3000 ft., x. 1892; Olaa, ix. 1896 

 (Perkins) ; Mauna Kea (Blackburn). — Oahu ; one specimen from Mokuleeia (no. 752, 

 Perkins). — Kauai, mountains of Waimea (Blackburn). D. S. 



(14) Eupetinus spretus, Blackburn. 



Brachypeplus spretus Blackburn, Tr. Dublin Soc. iii., 1885, p. 136. 



Latiusculus, niger, flavo-variegatus, abdomine interdum omnino testaceo, antennis 

 fusco-testaceis, pedibus flavis ; prothorace fortiter transverse, dense punctato, haud 

 rugoso ; elytris leviter inaequalibus, regulariter punctato-striatis ; abdomine subtiliter 

 punctato. Long. 3f — 4, lat. i|-mm. 



This is one of the species of comparatively broad form but with only moderately 

 broad outer margin to the elytra, and rather stout short legs and strongly transverse 

 eighth joint to the antennae. The colour is more vivid than usual, the yellow on the 

 abdomen usually predominates, and in the female the whole abdomen is sometimes pale 

 yellow. The colour however varies a good deal ; and one or two individuals show a 

 great deficiency of the black pigment. We have only a small series of twenty-two 

 specimens. 



