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other times spread much further over the dorsum. Club of antennae not at all large 

 in the female and sometimes pallid. In one example the sides and apex of the elytra 

 are reddish brown. 



Hab. Kauai, 4000 ft. 



{^2,'^) Mirostenms paTzuiius, sp. nov. 



Niger, nitidus (pronoto et capite saepe plus minus piceis) pronoto pallide pubes- 

 cente et subtilissime punctato. Oculi $ sat magni sed late distantes, spatio intermedio 

 frontis, quam unus ex his, multo latiore. Oculi $ sat magni, oculis $ vix minores. 

 Antennarum $ clava haud magna, angulo interno articuli primi baud acuto ; clava maris 

 sat magna, articuli primi apice sat fortiter producto. Elytra pernitida, fere glabra, 

 postice circum suturam pubescentia pallida anguste (saepe lineatim) vestita, ibique 

 subtilissime dense punctata, partibus caeteris usque ad marginem basalem perparce (nee 

 subtilissime) punctatis et longitudinaliter rugulosis. Long. 2 — 2 '5 mm. 



Varies a little in the puncturation, the very fine punctures sometimes extending to 

 the base of the elytra along the margins of the scutellum in an unbroken narrow line 

 on each side of the suture, while sometimes these lines are interrupted on the basal 

 portion of the elytra, but become distinct again on either side of the scutellum. This 

 densely punctured area also sometimes spreads out more widely on the more apical 

 portion of the elytra. 



I have seen a small series only of this little species, but I think it is not at all rare 

 in the Honolulu range. 



Hab. Oahu ; Honolulu range, 1500 — 2800 ft. 



(34) Mirosternus cut/icoj'us, sp. nov. 



Nigricans aut piceo-niger, elytris nitide rufo-brunneis aut testaceis, oblongus. 

 Oculi permagni, sed sat late distantes, spatio frontis intermedio, quam unus ex his, 

 haud minus lato. Antennarum $ clava magna, articulo primo late triangulari, angulo 

 interno minus acuto, secundo etiam late triangulari, angulo interno rotundato. Pro- 

 notum sat nitidum, pubescentia pallida conspicue vestitum. Elytra ex majore parte fere 

 glabra, nitida, sparsim remote punctata, suturam juxta et ad marginem basalem dense 

 subtilissime punctulata, ibique pallide pubescentia. Metasternum totum concavum, 

 antice fortiter carinatum. Long. 2 '75 mm. 



A small species with unusually large eyes, which are widely separated. The meta- 

 sternum is concave for its whole length, not flat (or almost so) in front, where it bears 

 the carina, as is the case in most of the strongly carinated species. I have seen only 

 a few specimens. 



Hab. Oahu, Waianae mountains. 



