COLEOPTERA 541 



(5) Lispinodcs kaiiaicnsis, sp. nov. 



Supra SLibpkmatus ; piceo-niger, antennarum basi pedibusque rufis ; minus nitidus, 

 supra parce, fortiter sed obsolete punctatus, capite thoraceque minus subtiliter coriaceis ; 

 prothorace transverse, elytris elongatis. Long. 3^ mm. 



The unusually distinct, minute, coriaceous sculpture, together with the distant 

 larger punctures, sufficiently characterise this species. I have four specimens before 

 me ; they have the last ventral plate peculiar, its surface forming a concavity densely 

 covered with depressed pallid setae ; all the four specimens are alike in this respect and 

 may probably be all males. 



Haij. Kauai, Koholuamano, 15. iv. 1895 (Perkins). 



(6) Lispinodcs obsci/nts, sp. nov. 



Nigricans, parum nitidus, antennarum basi pedibusque rufis, subplanatus, obsolete 

 punctatus, elytris modice elongatis. Long. 3f mm. 



This is apparently nearest to L. kauaicnsis, of which I know only the male ; as we 

 ha\^e only the female of L. ohsciirtis a knowledge of the male may show the two to be 

 quite distinct. The chief distinction from L. kauaiensis consists in the more obsolete 

 scattered punctuation. From L. Diolokaiensis L. obscnrus is easily distinguished by the 

 less cylindrical iorm, and the duller, distinctly coriaceous surface. The Luiique example 

 has the last abdominal segment simple, elongate and pointed. 



Hab. Molokai, mts. 4500 ft., 23. xii. 1893 (Perkins). 



(7) Lispinodcs hmvaiieiisis, sp. nov. 



Nigricans, haud depressus, antennarum basi pedibusque rufis ; punctis majorilnis 

 sparsis conspicuis ; elytris modice elongatis. Long. 3^ mm. 



Extremely similar to both L. kauaiensis and L. nurnicnsis. The head and thora.\ 

 are not so distinctly coriaceous as in the first of the two, but the impressed punctures 

 on the thorax are less obsolete, and the elytra are a little shorter. The elytra are 

 markedly longer than the)' are in L. tnaiiicnsis and the punctures on the thora.x are 

 more distinct. 



The unique example has no remarkable structure at the tip of abdomen. I suppose 

 it to be a female. 



Hab. Hawaii, Hilo under Koa bark 2000 ft. Jan. 1896 (Perkins). 



(8) Lispinodcs manicnsis, sp. nov. 



Haud planatus, piceus, antennarum basi pedibusque rufis, obsoletius parciusque 

 punctulatus, sat nitidus ; elytris quadratis, oculis perparvis. Long. ^\ mm. 



We have only one specimen of this species ; the elytra are not quite so short as in 



