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(10) Nesopetinus vcstitjts. Sharp. 



Brachypeplits vestitjis Sharp, Tr. ent. Soc. London, 1881, p. 511. 



Subobloni;us, parum latus, depressus, fusco-ni^-er, capite superne, pronoto elytrisque 

 vix aenescentibus, antennis pedibusque flavis, femoribus fuscescentibus ; densius pallida 

 pubescens, opacus. Long. 3|, lat. i^ mm. 



One of the most distinct of the Hawaiian Nitidulidae ; recognisable by the regular 

 and considerable development of the pubescence covering the upper surface, which 

 converts the black colour into an uniform grey. It is apparently very rare, Mr Perkins 

 having procured only two specimens. 



Hak. Oahu. Konahuanui Ridge, xii. 1900 (no. 783); near Honolulu vi. 1900 

 (no. 789, Perkins); near Honolulu 1500 ft., on flowers (Blackburn). D. S. 



Group 2. 



(11) Ni:sopcti}uts{^) parallcliis, Blackburn. 



Bracliypcpliis parallclus Blackburn, Tr, Dublin Soc. in. 1885, p. 135. 



We have not received this species, which therefore is still known only by the 

 unique example discovered by Mr Blackburn and now in the British Museum. Mr 

 Blackburn states that it is closely allied to vcstitits, and this therefore causes me to place 

 it in Nesopetiuits. So far as I can judge from superficial examination it appears to be 

 a very distinct species, and it reminds me more of the very large, coarsely punctate 

 varieties of Nesopeplus roridns — a species not known to Mr Blackburn. I therefore 

 entertain some doubt as to the real affinities of the species. 



Hab. Lanai, 2000 ft., obtained by beating flowers (Blackburn). D. S. 



(12) Nesopetinus ereiuitiis, sp. nov. 



% Fusco-testaceus, supra aenescens, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis; prothorace 

 haud fortiter transverso, fortiter punctato, lateribus anterius rotundatis, posterius subrectis, 

 basi recte truncato, angulis posterioribus fere rectis, leviter obtusis: elytris convexiusculis, 

 seriatim punctatis. Long, fere 4 mm., lat. i-| mm. 



We have only one specimen of this species, but it does not come very near to 

 any other. The prosternal process is very unusual in its shape, it is longer than in 

 N. mctallcscens, anci appears to project a little more backwards than the pro-epimera ; it 

 is only moderately curved upwards ; apparently it is this slight curve that gives rise to 

 the appearance of the process projecting beyond the e|)imera. Antennae short, club 

 large. Thorax a good deal narrower than the elytra, the sides miich rounded in tront, 

 but nearly straight in front of the hind angles: the base 'reposes more than usual on the 



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