94 Mr. D. Sharp on some 



punctuation of tlie elytra is sparing and indistinct, and 

 though somewhat coarse on the basal portion, becomes 

 entirely obsolete before the apex. The species is closely 

 allied to C. bicolor, but is much more obscure in colour, 

 and has the thorax rather shorter and broader, and the 

 elytra rather shorter and more parallel, &c. 



Sent as No. 214; found on the mountains of Kauai by 

 beating dry wood. 



Cis diminutivus, n. sp. Suboblongus, parura convexus, 

 angustulus, rufo-testaceus, elytris, pectore abdomineque 

 fliscis, crebrius parum subtiliter punctatus, crebrius bre- 

 viter hispidulus, elytris rugulosis. Long, vix 1^ mm. 



The antennse are short, with rather stout club; the 

 margin of the fi'ont of the head is only to be distinguished 

 over the antennaB, and is there excessively fine; the sur- 

 face is closely and distinctly punctured. The thorax 

 is transverse, slightly broader than the elytra, almost 

 truncate in front, so that the head is not protected, the 

 sides much rounded, and the hind angles greatly rounded ; 

 the surface is covered Avith a dense rather coarse punctua- 

 tion, and with excessively short setre. The elytra are 

 nearly black in colour, and so form a great contrast to the 

 head and thorax; they are closely punctured, the punc- 

 tuation is of an irregular character and has a rugulose 

 appearance; they bear excessively short seta3. The pro- 

 sternum is infuscate in the middle ; the ventral segments 

 are obscurely yellowish towards the extremity. 



This minute species will be readily distinguished by its 

 conspicuous punctuation from the following one, which 

 resembles it in size and colour. 



Tavo specimens were found by beating dry wood, near 

 the summit of the highest mountain in the range, near 

 Honolulu. 



Cis IcBticulus, n. sp. Suboblongus, parum convexus, 

 angustulus, nitidus, sublsevigatus, rufo-testaceus, elytris 

 fuscis ; corpore subtus infuscato, capite prothoracisque 

 lateribus laste testaceis. Long, li^ mm. 



The antennre are short with rather stout club; the 

 small head is almost without raised mra'gin over the 

 antennae. The thorax is hardly as broad as the elytra ; 

 it is but little produced over the head, it is distinctly 

 narrowed behind, and the hind angles, though depressed 



