Coleuptera from the Hawaiian Islands. 39 



narum basi fusco-testaceo, pedibus testaceis ; prothorace 

 transverso, basin versus angustato, medio depresso ; elytris 

 cum tliorace fere impunctatis ; mesosterno ecarinato. 

 Long. 2 mm. 



Antennas moderately long and stout, scarcely longer 

 than head and thorax, the two or three basal joints of a 

 dirty yellow colour, the rest darker, the 3rd joint is a good 

 deal shorter than the 2nd, 4th joint small, even smaller 

 than the 5th; 5 — 10 each slightly broader than its pre- 

 decessor, the 5th being scarcely, the lOth distinctly trans- 

 verse, 11th moderately long, tAvice as long as the 10th. 

 Head distinctly narrowed behind the eyes, its anterior 

 part in the middle slightly depressed, and there impunc- 

 tate, the rest of the upper side, very obsoletely but yet 

 rather coarsely and densely punctured. Thorax just a little 

 narroAver than the elytra, transverse, its greatest width in 

 front of the middle, thence a good deal narrowed towards 

 the base, the disc is somcAvhat flattened or depressed, the 

 surface is very dull, but has no distinct sculpture. The 

 elytra are rather short, but are quite distinctly longer than 

 the thorax, they are quite dull, very densely and obsoletely, 

 scarcely visibly, punctured. Hind body Avith the basal 

 segments veiy finely punctured, the apical ones almost 

 impunctate and shining. Legs yelloAv ; tarsi quite short. 



This species reminds one greatly of the Avell-knoAvn 

 European Aleocliara plana, Gyll. (Gen. Epipeda, Rey), 

 but it is not half the size of the European insect. 



Found very rarely on the mountains near Honolulu ; 

 three specimens in the floAvers of palm trees, and another 

 at the sap exuding from a freshly-broken palm branch. 

 The two individuals before me shoAv no sexual characters. 



Diestota parva, n. sp. Depressa, nigro-fusca, opaca, 

 pedibus testaceis ; prothorace fortiter transverso, basin 

 versus leviter angustato ; elytris cum thorace fere impunc- 

 tatis ; mesosterno ecarinato. Long. 2 mm. 



Antennae rather short and stout, about as long as head 

 and thorax, the 1st and 2nd joints scarcely so dark in 

 colour as the others, joints 5 — 10 transverse. Head very 

 dull, very obscurely punctured. Thorax strongly trans- 

 verse, much shorter than the elytra. 



This species is extremely closely allied to the preceding 

 one, but the head and antennae are shorter, the thorax 

 also is shorter and not im])ressed on the disc. 



