6oo FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



spots be present i>r not. The tibiae are usuall) all black or dark, the hind ones are 

 always obscured, not clear red or yellow. 



Hab. Oahu, widely distributed, found in the Waianae mountains, as well as in the 

 Honolulu range. 



(24) Xvletobms forelii, sp. nov. 



Niger aut nigro-fuscus, pronoto saepius antice rufescente, rarius toto rufo, elytris 

 plerumque ex magna parte rufescentibus. aut rufomaculatis, rarius totis nigris, anten- 

 narum articulis duobus basalibus aut pluribus rufis, pedibus omnibus flavescentibus. 

 A', bcddardi a.^ms, angustus, pallide tomentosus. Long. 2-5 mm. 



I have only seen a small series of this species and the individuals exhibit a good 

 deal of variety. The tomentum is golden or flavescent in tresh examples, fading to 

 whitish. In the reddest specimens the elytra are black only narrowly along the lateral 

 maroins, the black colour becoming' a little wider near, or a little behind, the middle. 

 In others this dilatation of the lateral dark colour extends inwards to form a transverse 

 band, and the suture becomes dark, dividing the red colour into four spots of variable 

 size. In two examples the elytra are almost entirely dark. The antennae of the ^ are 

 very elongate, and formed much as in the allied species, being fully as long as, or a 

 little longer than the elytra, the sixth and following joints strongly elongate, the sixth, 

 as usual, being noticeably wider, in proportion to its length, than the ninth or tenth. 

 The tomentum on each side of the suture before the middle of the elytra is ver)- con- 

 spicuously disposed transversely to their length, so that the vestiture does not appear 

 verv smooth. The leg-s are alwavs of a clear yellowish colour 



Hab. Oahu, Waianae mountains. 



(25) Xyletobius kirkaldyi, sp. nov. 



Rufescens, angustus, capite nigro vel infuscato, antennis, articulis duobus aut 

 pluribus basalibus exceptis, nigris. Caput minus dense pallide pubescens, dense sub- 

 tiliter granulatum, opacum. Oculi maris majores, una conjuncti spatio, quod interest, 

 latitudine subaequales. Antennae maris fortiter elongatae, elytris longitudine aequales, 

 aut his nonnihil breviores, articulis sex apicalibus fortiter elongatis, quarto triangulari, 

 vix vel hand longiore quam latiore, quinto elongato ; feminae articulo quinto parum 

 elongato, sequentibus, quam maris, evidenter brevioribus. Elytra angusta, elongata, 

 tomento pallido, lineas longitudinales formante, variegata, stria secunda tertiaque ad 

 apices hand confiuentibus. Pedibus flavis aut rufescentibus. Long. 3 mm. 



Much like A*, carpenteri, X. forclii etc. having the antennae very similarly formed. 

 It does not appear to vary much in general appearance, though sometimes the disc of the 

 pronotum is more or less infuscate and the elytra are, rarely, suffused with black. The 

 female resembles the male in general appearance, but has the eyes much smaller, in 



