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  the 
  range 
  and 
  they 
  become 
  scarcer 
  and 
  scarcer, 
  as 
  one 
  comes 
  

   towards 
  Honolulu, 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  island 
  does 
  one 
  meet 
  

   with 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  numbers 
  one 
  finds 
  on 
  the 
  uplands 
  of 
  

   Hawaii 
  near 
  Kilauea. 
  Holcohius 
  glahricollis 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  species 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  on 
  Koa 
  trees. 
  Elateridae 
  are 
  

   represented 
  by 
  the 
  two 
  endemic 
  genera 
  Eopenthes 
  and 
  Itodacnus, 
  

   two 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  of 
  the 
  

   former. 
  Tantalus 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  locality 
  for 
  these 
  

   beetles, 
  which 
  in 
  most 
  places 
  are 
  rare 
  or 
  altogether 
  absent. 
  They 
  

   are 
  only 
  found 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  feed 
  

   in 
  decaying 
  wood. 
  The 
  beetles 
  are 
  often 
  found 
  feeding 
  in 
  the 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Ohia,in 
  fact 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  Coleopterous 
  insects 
  that 
  

   visit 
  flowers 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  the 
  sweet 
  contents 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  About 
  four 
  Eucnemidae 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Fornax 
  are 
  known. 
  The 
  

   larvae 
  are 
  common, 
  but 
  unless 
  collecting 
  systematically 
  one 
  

   rarely 
  comes 
  across 
  the 
  mature 
  insects. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  genus 
  Labrocerus, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  common 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  the 
  

   Anobiid 
  Xyletobius, 
  which 
  it 
  somewhat 
  closely 
  resembles 
  in 
  

   superficial 
  appearance. 
  

  

  The 
  Cucujids 
  Brontolaemus 
  elegans 
  and 
  Laemophloeus 
  aeneus 
  

   are 
  both 
  found, 
  the 
  former 
  commonly, 
  the 
  latter 
  very 
  rarely. 
  

   Information 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  life-history 
  is 
  needed, 
  as 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  some 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  Longicorn 
  beetles 
  and 
  

   their 
  burrows. 
  

  

  The 
  Colydiid, 
  Antilissus 
  aper 
  is 
  generally 
  found 
  under 
  bark 
  

   of 
  Straussia 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  Staphylinids 
  Glyptoma 
  hlackhurni 
  and 
  

   Lispinodes 
  explican 
  du 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  NitiduHdae 
  have 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  Gonioryctus 
  and 
  

   no 
  less 
  than 
  fourteen 
  of 
  Bradiypeplus. 
  B. 
  tinctus 
  and 
  vestitus 
  on 
  

   flowers; 
  discedens, 
  paralleliis 
  and 
  omaloides 
  on 
  Freycinetia; 
  

   robustus 
  on 
  LobeHaceous 
  plants; 
  guttatus 
  on 
  decayed 
  and 
  exuding 
  

   Koa; 
  reitteri 
  on 
  banana; 
  infimus 
  on 
  Pisonia; 
  aper 
  on 
  various 
  

   trees, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  common 
  ; 
  explanatus, 
  impressus, 
  and 
  inaequalis 
  

   on 
  several 
  trees 
  and 
  climbing 
  plants 
  ; 
  brevis 
  and 
  a 
  species 
  not 
  yet 
  

   described 
  under 
  rubbish 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  shady 
  places. 
  The 
  

   Histeridae 
  yield 
  two 
  species 
  at 
  least 
  of 
  Aeletes 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   smaller 
  beetles, 
  probably 
  Acritus 
  and 
  Bacanius. 
  

  

  The 
  Staphylinidae 
  have 
  hardly 
  been 
  worked 
  at 
  on 
  Oahu 
  

   since 
  Blackburn's 
  time, 
  who 
  took 
  many 
  species. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  

  

  