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the middle line (PI. X\'I. fig. 2). The female pygidium is e.xtraordinarily long, narrow 

 and tapering, rounded at the apex; the last ventral segment has its ape.x much rounded 

 and arched, and conspicuously fringed with hairs (PI. XVI. fig. i). 

 We have three specimens, one male and two females. 



Hab. Maui; the two females from West Maui, 4000 ft. (nos. 368, 379); the male 

 from Haleakala, 5000 ft. no. 369; (Perkins). H. S. 



Notopeplus, gen. no V. 



Corpus elongatum, parallelum, transversim modice conve.xum. Prothora.x margine 

 lateral! dense ciliata. Prosternum processu piano, post coxas magno. 



This genus is near to the Australian Brachypeplus ; hut the insect is of a different 

 shape, and is readily distinguished by the large robust prosternal process, which is not in 

 the least arched as it passes over the front coxae. Its nearest ally in the Hawaiian 

 fauna is found in Orthostohis robusiiis, in which the ciliae on the margin of the pronotum 

 are obsolete. In this respect Notopephts is intermediate between Brachypeplus and 

 Orthostolus, but in other respects this is not the case and I cannot therefore consider 

 Notopephts as exhibiting a certain connection between the Hawaiian and Australian 

 faunas. In fact it is an exceptional form in the former district. D. S. 



( I ) Notopephts reittcri. Sharp. 



Brachypephis rtv/Ztv/ Sharp, Tr. ent. Soc. London, 1878, p. 134. 



Plate XIV. fig. 2, t. 



The sculpture of the elytra is peculiar among the Hawaiian Nitidulidae: it consists 

 of shallow grooves separated by interstices that are not broader than the grooves; both 

 grooves and interstices are punctate, the former being dull, the latter a little shining. 

 We have 19 specimens. 



H.A.B. Oahu, Hawaii. — Oahu; Kawailoa gulch iv. 1893. — Hawaii; Kilauea, Hilo, 

 Olaa on several occasions. (Perkins.) D. S. 



Cillaeopephis, gen. no v. 



Corpus elongatum, parallelum, valde depressum. Prosternum jjrocessu post coxas 

 lato, baud recurvato. Tarsi vix dilatati. 



This genus is readily distinguished amongst the Hawaiian Nitidulidae by the 

 extremely depressed form, and by the structure of the tarsi, the third joint of which may 

 be said to be without lobes. D. S. 



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