NitidulidcB from the Hawaiian Islands. 133 



1. BrachypejAus discedens, n. sp. Latiusculus, hand 

 elongatus, depressns, dilute castaneus, sat nitidus supra plus 

 iTiinusve infuscatus et ( prffisertim in elytris) asneo-micans, 

 antennis pedibusque testaceis, illarum clava fusca ; capite 

 crebre distincte punctato, pone oculos recte truncato, 

 angulis vix acute pfominvilis ; prothorace fortiter traus- 

 verso, anterius recte truncato, lateribus pone medium 

 leviter angustatis sed vix curvatis, ad angulos posteriores 

 evidenter deplanato, crebre fortiter punctato ; elytris 

 seriatim subtiliter punctatis, interstitiis punctatis ; abdo- 

 mine crebrius punctato. Long. 4f mm. ; lat. 2 mm. 



The antennfe are rather short, with a broad, not elongate 

 club. The elytra appear at first sight to be irregularly 

 and finely punctured, but on a more careful inspection 

 it is seen that on their disc the punctuation has an arrange- 

 ment in longitudinal series with intercalated interstitial 

 series ; this may be best observed by looking at them from 

 the front ; towards the sides and hind angles no such serial 

 arrangement of the sculpture can be detected. The 

 exposed dorsal segments are moderately closely punctured, 

 especially near the sides, their pubescence is extremely 

 short and indistinct. 



The sex of the only individual I have seen is quite 

 uncertain to me. 



2. Brachypeplus puncticeps, n. sp. Latiusculus, baud 

 elongatus, depressus, fiisco-castaneus, sat nitidus, supra 

 £eneo-micans, prothoracis marginibus ferrugineis, antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; capite dense subtiliter punctato, 

 pone oculos recte truncato, angulis vix acute prorainulis ; 

 prothorace fortiter transverso, lateribus rotundatis, ad 

 angulos posteriores minus deplanato, crebre fortiter punc- 

 tato ; elytris seriatim subtiliter punctatis, interstitiis punc- 

 tatis; abdomine crebrius punctato. Long. 4|mm.; lat. 

 If mm. 



Closely allied to Brachypeplus discedens, but slightly 

 more parallel, with the head more densely and finely 

 punctured, and the form of the thorax a little different, 

 it being a little less narrowed in front and less flattened 

 near the posterior angles, so that the curvature of the 

 sides seems more regular. 



I do not know the sex of the only individual I have 

 seen, but I think it is a male. 



Obs. — Mr. Blackburn sent me this and the preceding 

 species as No. 85, and observed, that "it is not at all 



