COLEOPTERA -,; 



Tribe OX Y TEL INI. 

 OxvTELUS, Grav. 

 Oxytclus Gravenhorst, Micr. 1802, p. 10 1. 



(i) Oxytcliii femigiiiais. Kr. 



Oxyteli(s fcrrugineus Kraatz. W'iegm. Arch. 1859, i. p. 173. 

 Oxytehts blcdioides Blackb., Tr. Dublin Soc. ser. 2, iii. p. 125. 

 M. Fauvel has examined the type of O. bledioides in the British Museum, and has 

 l<indl\" instructed me as to the synonymy. 



Hab. Oahu, Honolulu one specimen (Blackburn). — Ceylon. 



(2) Oxytclus adi'cna. Sharp. 

 Oxytelus advoia Sharp, Trans, ent. Soc. London, 1880, p. 50. 



Hab. Kauai, Oahu, Lanai, Molokai. — Kauai, mts. W'aimea, 4000 ft. vi. 1894. 

 Makaweli, 2000 ft. i. 1897 (Perkins). — Oahu ; various localities (Blackburn); Pipturus, 

 back ot Tantalus vii. 1900; Kaala mts. 2000 ft. 11. 1892; Waianae mts. iv. 1892 

 (Perkins). — Lanai, 2000 ft. xii. 1893 (Perkins). — Molokai, Pelekunu, 1893 (Perkins). 



(3) Oxytclus pyguiacus, Kr. 



Oxytclus pygiuacus Kraatz, Wiegm. Arch. 1859, i. p. 176. 



Hab. Oahu, Hawaii. — Oahu, Honolulu In decaying vegetable matter (Black- 

 burn). — Hawaii, Olaa, 1500 ft. xii. 1896, one specimen (Perkins). 



(4) Oxytclus, sp. 



Two specimens of a small Oxytelus, somewhat similar to O. advcna but more 

 shining and with more extensively black abdomen, have been found. They are prob- 

 ably an introduced species. 



Hab. Oahu, Honolulu mts. in summer, Honolulu, 11. 1891 (Perkins). 



Trogophloeus, Mannerh. 

 Trogophloeus Mannerheim, Brachcl. 1830, p. 49. 



(i) Trogophloeus senilis. Sharp. 



T. scuil/s Sharp, Trans, ent. Soc. London, 1880, p. 51. 



M. Fauvel has suggested to me that this may be T. fulvipes En, but Erichson 

 gives the length of T. fulvipes as i lin. whereas T. senilis is 3 mm. long. As the 

 Erichsonian species is a West Lidian insect I think it will be better to leave the 

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