Coleoptera from the Hawatian Islands. 5138 
indeed the length is almost greater along the middle 
than at the sides, the hind angles obtuse ; testaceous, or 
fusco-testaceous in colour, with a brassy tinge, rather 
coarsely and not closely punctured; the disc with some 
very obscure depressions. Hlytra fusco-testaceous, with 
a brassy tinge, the colour not quite uniform, but some- 
what variegate, extremely finely striate, and the striz 
bearing indistinct punctures; the interstices very 
obscurely, but still just perceptibly, elevated, very in- 
distinctly punctate, finely and sparingly pubescent, 
their surface not quite even, but with some obscure 
depressions. Dorsal segments rather closely punctate. 
Under surface either testaceous or fuscous ; legs yellow, 
tarsi infuscate. 
The male has the tarsi slightly broader than they are 
in the female, and the hind margins of the dorsal and 
ventral plates of the last segment are truncate in it, 
while they are rounded in the female. 
This species is allied to B. discedens, but is not so 
broad and depressed in form; the elytra have their 
surface uneven, and their serial sculpture more strongly 
marked; the species, in respect of its colour, form, 
and sculpture, makes a slight approach to the B. im- 
pressus group. 
Found on flowers on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, at an eleva- 
tion of about 4000 feet. 
Brachypeplus guttatus, n.s. 
Robustus, sat latus et elongatus, parum depressus, 
opacus, parum pubescens, rufo-fuscus, elytris guttis 
testaceis vel rufis ornatis, pedibus fusco-testaceis ; pro- 
thorace dense rugoso-punctato, disco obsolete quadri- 
impresso ; elytris striatis, dense parum argute punctatis. 
Long. 5—6, lat. 2—24 mm. 
Antenne rather short, with broad club, reddish, the 
third joint infuscate. Head broad, densely punctate. 
Thorax transverse, the front margin a little emarginate, 
the angles very obtuse, the hind angles definite, not in 
the least rounded, distinctly obtuse; the sides but little 
rounded, the base slightly broader than the front margin ; 
the colour is a mixture of fuscous with red; the surface 
is quite dull, very indistinctly pubescent, densely punc- 
tured, and on the middle are four shallow impressions. 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1881.—PaRT Iv. (DEC.) 3X 
