540 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(i) Lispinodes explicand^^s, Sharp-. 



Lispinodes explicaiidns Sharp, 1. c. p. 53. 



This is the most flat of the species and has the eyes better developed than the 

 congeners. It differs also in the shape of the prothorax, which is less transverse. The 

 last segment of the abdomen is narrow and conical in some specimens (? the female), in 

 others it is shorter and broader, with the ventral plate much abbreviated, and furnished 

 with setae on the hind margin. 



Hab. Oahu, Lanai, Hawaii. — Oahu, found rarely under the bark of trees on the 

 higher mts. (Blackburn). — Lanai, 2000 ft. 1894 (Perkins). — Hawaii, Hualalai, ix. 1900, 

 one specimen (Perkins). I am not sure that this Hawaiian individual is the same species. 



(2) Lispinodes pallidus, sp. nov. 



Subdepressus, subglaber, nitidus, fusco-testaceus, parce fortiter punctatus; prothorace 

 transverso, posterius fortiter coarctato. Long. 2\ mm. 



Judging from a single specimen it would appear that Lispinodes pallidus is distin- 

 guished from most of the other species by the more definite, though scanty and distant, 

 punctuation of the upper surface. It is larger than L. explicandus, is considerably less 

 flattened, and has the prothorax differently shaped. L. kanaietisis is much larger and 

 is less shining. 



Hab. Lanai, 2000 ft., Jan. 1894 (Perkins). One specimen. 



(3) Lispinodes oxytelinus, sj). nov. 



Subcylindricus, subglaber, nitidus, piceus, obsolete punctatus. Long. 3 mm. 



This species has the less depressed, more cylindrical form of the following congener, 

 from which it is readily distinguished by its longer elytra. The elytra are longer in 

 proportion to their width than they are in any other species. They are shining and 

 almost destitute of punctuation. The unique e.xample is, I believe, a female. 



Hab. Lanai, Feb. 1894 (Perkins). 



(4) Lispinodes niolokaiensis, sp. nov. 



Angustus, cylindricus, nitidus, subtiliter coriaceus, parcius obsolete punctatus, piceo- 

 niger, antennarum basi pedibusque rufis; prothorace elytrisque elongatis. Long. 3 J mm. 



A little larger and broader than L. oxytelimis and darker in colour; the elytra and 

 metasternum are elongate. The unique specimen is a male; the last ventral plate being 

 concave and hairy, but not to so remarkable an extent as in L. kauaiensis. 



Hab. Molokai, 11. vi. 1.S93 (Perkins). 



