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coarse, and in front of the middle there are two small, rather deep depressions. The 

 punctuation of the elytra is fine, remote and indistinct, but its seriate nature is evident. 

 The abdomen is sparingly punctate. The legs are short. The undersurface ferruginous 

 in colour, with very little punctuation. The pygidium is rather narrow and rounded 

 apically. 



We have only one specimen of this species ; it does not appear to be closely 

 allied to any other, but perhaps comes nearest to A^. abnonnalis. It has some re- 

 semblance to Nesopctinus pusillns %. The two foveolae on the thorax are very peculiar, 

 but I feel some doubt as to their being quite natural. 



Hab. Maui, 1900 (no. 817, Perkins). D. S. 



(15) Ncsopeplus ill sol it us, sp. no v. 



Nigricans, thoraceo piceo-rufo, lateribus dilutioribus, abdomine flavo, pedibus 

 sordide rufis ; parce subtiliter pubescens, nitidus ; thorace basin versus angustato, 

 angulis posterioribus obtusis, haud rotundatis ; elytris seriatim subobsolete punctatis ; 

 abdomine parce punctato. Long. 3!^, lat. i^ mm. 



We have only a single e.xample of this species, it is a female, and probably a 

 variety in colour. It is however obviously different from N. inauratus, and as it does 

 not apparently come very near any other species I have given it a name. The posterior 

 anMes of the thorax are more definite than in N. inmiratiis and the abdomen more 

 sparingly punctate. The pygidium is short, rather narrow apically. 



Hab. Oahu, near the head of the South branch of Kawailoa gulch, iv. 1893 

 (no. 239, Perkins). D. S. 



Group 3. 



(16) Nesopepbis serratus, sp. nov. 



Flavo-testaceus, fusco-variegatus, subtile pubescens, antennis pedibusque testaceis ; 

 prothorace transversim quadrato, angulis obtusis ac parum rotundatis, lateribus explanatis 

 parumque rotundatis, disco crebre punctato plus minusve infuscato ; elytris seriatim, vix 

 confuse, punctatis ; abdomine infuscato, crebre punctato. Long. corp. 2\ — 2>\ "''n^- 



^ segmentum terminate marginibus serratis. 



This species is in several ways remarkable. The coloration is distinctive, and not 

 so variable as it is in many allied forms. The ground colour is distinctly yellowish, 

 contrasting with darker areas. The thorax is dark, with light lateral margins. The 

 scutellum is dark. Immediately round its edge, there is a narrow light portion of the 

 elytra. Just posterior to this, there is on either elytron a dark band running obliquely 

 forwards from the suture to the base of the elytron, where it turns backwards and out- 



