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  Proterhinus 
  samoae 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Fernigineus, 
  elytris 
  circa 
  margines 
  et 
  suturam 
  nigricantibus 
  , 
  

   parce 
  setis 
  pallidis 
  appressis 
  al 
  usque 
  perpaucis 
  erectis 
  vestitus 
  S 
  

   Long, 
  vix 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ferruginous, 
  with 
  the 
  lateral, 
  apical 
  and 
  sutural 
  margins 
  of 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  bordered 
  with 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  slender 
  and 
  rather 
  

   long, 
  basal 
  joint 
  elongate 
  but 
  very 
  robustly 
  clavate; 
  second 
  short, 
  

   roundish 
  or 
  subquadrate; 
  third 
  much 
  more 
  slender, 
  gradually 
  

   widening 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  elongate; 
  fourth 
  to 
  ninth 
  generally 
  resem- 
  

   bling 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  9th 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  and 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  than 
  

   the 
  8th; 
  10th 
  and 
  11th 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  9 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  fee- 
  

   ble 
  two-jointed 
  club. 
  Eyes 
  prominent, 
  but 
  rather 
  small. 
  Pro- 
  

   thorax 
  constricted 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  much 
  narrowed, 
  much 
  less 
  so 
  

   behind, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  is 
  much 
  the 
  longer, 
  sparsely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  pale 
  setae 
  like 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  head. 
  Elytra 
  similarly 
  

   clothed 
  and 
  also 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  erect 
  thick 
  whitish 
  setae, 
  the 
  hum- 
  

   eral 
  angles 
  subrectangular 
  but 
  not 
  acute 
  nor 
  produced. 
  Legs 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  pale 
  setae, 
  the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  of 
  moderate 
  

   size 
  and 
  the 
  femora 
  moderately 
  strongly 
  clavate 
  for 
  the 
  genus. 
  

  

  DECEMBER 
  6th, 
  1906. 
  

  

  The 
  twenty-third 
  regular 
  and 
  second 
  annual 
  meeting 
  was 
  

   held 
  at 
  the 
  usual 
  place, 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Notes 
  and 
  Exhibitions. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Giffard 
  exhibited 
  a 
  cabinet-drawer 
  containing 
  a 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Hawaiian 
  Longicorns 
  and 
  Curculionids, 
  collected 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  by 
  himself 
  on 
  Mt. 
  Tantalus, 
  Oahu 
  and 
  Kilauea, 
  

   Hawaii. 
  He 
  accompanied 
  the 
  exhibit 
  with 
  some 
  observations 
  

   on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  and 
  the 
  rarity 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  them. 
  Dr. 
  

   Perkins 
  commented 
  upon 
  the 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  appearance 
  

   and 
  state 
  of 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  collection, 
  observing 
  that 
  if 
  well 
  

   attended 
  to 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  reason 
  w^hy 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  last 
  indefinitely. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kirkaldy 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Blattid 
  Nauphoeta 
  

   cinerea 
  (Oliv.) 
  (N. 
  hivittata 
  oi 
  the 
  " 
  Fauna 
  Hawaiiensis"). 
  Mr. 
  

   Kirkaldy 
  also 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  marine 
  and 
  estuarine 
  

   prawn 
  Leander 
  dehilis 
  (Dana) 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  recognized 
  

   since 
  Dana's 
  time, 
  though 
  very 
  common 
  around 
  Honolulu. 
  Also 
  

  

  