656 FAUNA HAWAII ENSIS 



Pseiido/iis liospes Perkins. 



P. hospes Perkins, huj. op. 11., p. 149. 



This has now become one of the commonest of Hawaiian beetles and has extended 

 far into the forests, apparently largely supplanting P. lo7igulits. It was originally found 

 in boards of foreisfn timber in Honolulu, and I have since found it in the wood of crates 

 freshly landed from Fiji. In the latter country/', longiilns and Phloeophagosoma tenuis 

 also occur with it, and have also been imported into Honolulu. 



Fam. PROTERHINIDAE\ 



(i) Proterhmus podagriciis, sp. nov. 



Niger aut sordide rufescens, elytris rufescentibus, femoribus nigricantibus, antennis 

 rufis, apices versus nigris vel obscurioribus. Caput cum pronoto parum dense aureo- 

 squamosum, hoc ad angulos posticos plaga parva pallide-squamosa densiore ornato. 

 Elytra fere aequaliter griseo-squamosa, postice setis erectis albidis sparse vestita. 

 Antennae fortius elongatae, articulo primo elongato et incrassato, clava distinctissime 

 3-articulata, articulis elongatis. Femora maris fortissime incrassata. Long. 2 "5 — 

 3-25 mm. 



A very distinct species by the enormously thick femora of the male, the more than 

 usually elongate antennae, with long robust scape and long and distinctly three-jointed 

 club. Eyes rather small, thorax rather long and more or less distinctly tri-impressed. 

 Elytra simply convex, rather parallel-sided, and with the humeral angles strongly 

 produced. In form it greatly resembles P. kaniptarthrjis, but the male is easily 

 distinguished by the simple third antennal joint, the female by the rather less slender 

 antennae, the shorter and less thin third joint, which is quite simple, while in P. 

 kamptarthrus it shows a trace of the form observable in the male. In the latter species 

 too, the pronotum appears to be rather narrower and more elongate. 



Hab. Oahu ; Waianae range. 



Proterhmus leiorhynchus Perk. 



P. leiorhynchus Perk., huj. op. 11., p. 200. 



I have now obtained a male of this species, which is very closely allied to P. ruji- 

 cornis. Like the female, it may be easily distinguished from that species by the much 

 larger antennal scape, but the character of the thoracic impressions is variable in both 

 species. 



' By R. C. L. Perkins. 



