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  About 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Carabidae 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   neighborhood 
  of 
  the 
  volcano, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  rare 
  and 
  

   require 
  special 
  search. 
  The 
  fern 
  forest 
  near 
  the 
  hotel 
  vegetable 
  

   garden 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  best 
  locality. 
  The 
  large 
  Barypristus 
  rupicola 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Koa 
  trees. 
  The 
  

   following 
  list 
  includes 
  such 
  species 
  only 
  as 
  are 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  

   volcano; 
  others 
  no 
  doubt 
  frequenting 
  Olaa 
  and 
  Hilo 
  and 
  lower 
  

   elevations 
  on 
  the 
  Kau 
  side. 
  Barypristus 
  rupicola, 
  Colpodiscus 
  

   lucipetens, 
  Colpocaccus 
  hawaiiensis, 
  C. 
  apicalis, 
  Atelothrus 
  hawaii- 
  

   ensis, 
  Mesothriscus 
  hawaiiensis, 
  Metromenus 
  lenUis, 
  Mecyclo- 
  

   thorax 
  konanus, 
  vulcanus, 
  pele, 
  bembidicus, 
  Thriscothorax 
  bembi- 
  

   diodes, 
  paradoxus, 
  discedens, 
  variipes, 
  Metrothorax 
  deverilli, 
  

   laticollis 
  and 
  Bembidium 
  ignicola. 
  

  

  The 
  Staphylinidae 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  excessively 
  

   minute, 
  but 
  remarkable, 
  native 
  species. 
  They 
  require 
  very 
  

   special 
  search, 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  numbers, 
  and 
  the 
  

   most 
  careful 
  mounting, 
  when 
  secured. 
  Few 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  

   much 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  millimetre 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  very 
  

   delicate 
  build, 
  and 
  easily 
  spoiled 
  by 
  rough 
  handling. 
  Probably 
  

   the 
  species 
  are 
  still 
  more 
  numerous 
  in 
  Olaa. 
  

  

  Histeridae 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  minute 
  species, 
  

   but 
  the 
  Nitidulidae 
  are 
  well 
  represented, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   being 
  of 
  remarkable 
  structure 
  and 
  not 
  surpassed 
  in 
  interest 
  by 
  

   any 
  other 
  island 
  species. 
  Probably 
  there 
  are 
  eight 
  or 
  twelve 
  

   to 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  Kilauea 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  Olaa. 
  

  

  Cucujids 
  are 
  as 
  usual 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  Brontolaemus 
  and 
  a 
  

   Laemophloeus, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  rare. 
  

  

  Cioidae 
  yield 
  at 
  least 
  thirteen 
  species 
  of 
  Cis 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  Apter- 
  

   ocis. 
  On 
  my 
  recent 
  visit 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  of 
  Cis 
  haleak- 
  

   alae, 
  described 
  on 
  a 
  unique 
  from 
  Maui, 
  a 
  most 
  interesting 
  and 
  

   unexpected 
  capture. 
  

  

  Anobiidae 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  individuals 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  

   are 
  also 
  numerous; 
  in 
  fact 
  their 
  extreme 
  abundance 
  is, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   noted, 
  a 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  on 
  the 
  Kau 
  side. 
  Hundreds 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  two. 
  The 
  three 
  genera, 
  

   Holcobius, 
  Xyletobius 
  and 
  Mirosternus 
  are 
  all 
  represented, 
  the 
  

   two 
  latter 
  most 
  numerously. 
  

  

  Elateridae 
  are 
  numerous 
  in 
  individuals 
  and 
  both 
  Itodacnus 
  

   and 
  Eopenthes 
  are 
  found. 
  The 
  species 
  are 
  not 
  yet 
  described. 
  

  

  