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have no doubt it is a var. It was taken from a flower of Freycinetia, at an 
elevation of about 2500 feet, on Oahu. : 
A single specimen was taken by beating flowers on Waialeale, the highest mountain of Kauai, at 
an elevation of 2500 feet. 
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Oligota longipennis, n. sp.—Sat elongata; nitida; rufopicea; antennarum 
basi pedibusque rufis; elytris elongatis rugatis; antennis brevibus incrassatis. 
Long. 13 m.m. 
Antennz short ; joints one and two rather elongate; three and four about as 
long as broad; five to nine transverse, increasing in size; tenth considerably longer 
than ninth. 
The elongate elytra (a third longer than the thorax), wrinkled and devoid of 
distinct punctuation, readily separate this insect from O. mutanda, Sh., to which 
it is allied; the elongate tarsi separate it from O. polita, Sh., &e. 
My specimen of O. mutanda, Sh., is fully 2 m.m. in length. The antennz 
(reported as wanting in Dr. Sharp’s specimen) are as follows: — joints one 
and two, elongate; three to seven, shorter, but all longer than broad, and in- 
creasing in size; eight and nine, about as broad as long; ten, scarcely broader 
than nine, but nearly twice as long. The basal two joints are testaceous, the rest 
pitchy. I have a single specimen of a small Oligota (long. 13 m.m.), somewhat 
darker in colour than O. mutanda, Sh., and with the antennz apparently a little 
more incrassated than in that species, but otherwise seeming to me identical with 
it. It was obtained by beating dead branches of trees, at an elevation of about 
2500 feet, on the mountains of Lanai. 
A single specimen was taken on Oahu, but exact particulars of capture are lost. 
Ey 1%. 
Oligota simulans, n. sp.—Sub-ovata ; distincte crebrius punctata; opaca; pu- 
bescens; nigro-fusca; antennis palpisque testaceis, pedibus abdominisque apice 
fuscis; antennis elongatis; elytris prothorace multo longioribus. Long. 2} m.m. 
Antenne pale yellow; joints one and two very elongate; three elongate; four 
and five about as long as broad, six to nine increasing in size, but not transverse ; 
ten longer than eight and nine together. 
The ovate form (much narrowed in front and behind); the even, well-defined, 
and rather close punctuation, extending over the whole upper surface of the insect ; 
together with its long, incrassated antennze, long tarsi, and conspicuous pubes- 
cence, give this species a very distmctive appearance. In some respects it 
approximates to Liophzna, but certainly cannot be placed in that genus. 
A single specimen was taken on Waialeale, Kauai, by beating dead branches of trees. 
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