202 Mr. D. Sharp on some 



4. Sotenus setiger belongs also to the same group as 

 the two preceding species (^Callidiopsides, Lacord.j. I 

 cannot find that it has any very close ally, and I expect it 

 will prove a quite endemic species of the group which is 

 largely represented in the Australian and Austro-Malayan 

 regions, and has also some members peculiar to North 

 America. 



5 and 6. Clytarlus rohustus and C. cristatus. These 

 are two very remarkable species, and I expect they Avill 

 prove to be very isolated, yet I think they may be naturally 

 placed in the extensive and world-wide distributed group 

 Clytides, Lacord. 



7. Micracantha nutans seems to be a distinct species 

 of a genus, Avith numerous species in the Australian and 

 Austro-Malayan regions. 



8. Lamia nutator, Fab. This species is said to be 

 found in Australia as well as other Polynesian Islands. 



9. Ceramhyx araneiformis, Lin. This is a widely- 

 distributed species in South and Central America, and 

 the Hawaiian individuals are so reduced in size as to form 

 a very distinct variety. 



It thus seems that the Hawaiian Islands have some 

 very distinct forms peculiar to themselves ; that notwith- 

 standing their isolation certain species have been introduced 

 into them fi'om points of land which are excessively distant 

 — thousands of miles, in fact — and that the nearest relatives 

 of the Hawaiian Longicorns are found in the very distant 

 islands occupying a south-westerly position relatively to the 

 group itself. 



Paeandra, Munich Cat. 



Parandra punctlceps, n. sp. Nigro-picea, antennis 

 pedibusque dilutioribus, pernitida ; mento brevissimo, in 

 utroque sexu sine pubescentia; antennis angulis internis 

 hand vel vix acutis ; capite fortius sat crebre punctato ; 

 prothorace fortiter transverso, nitidissimo, parce punctato, 

 medio fere omnino lasvi, versus basin leviter angustato, 

 lateribus pone medium obsolete angulatis, angulis posteri- 

 oribus rectis, nullo modo rotundatis ; elytris latiusculis, 

 parce subtiliter punctatis, interdum transversim subrugosis. 

 Long. 19 — 26 mm. ; lat. Q^ — 8^ mm. 



This Parandra is of peculiar form, being flatter and 

 more parallel than is usual in its allies, and Avith the 

 thorax for its whole width closely applied to the base of 

 the elytra. The sexual distinctions are greatly diminished. 



