136 BuiackpurN AND SHarrp—On some New Species and Genera of Coleoptera. 
hoe transverso, antice parum angustato, lateribus parum rotundatis, angulis posticis 
obtusis; elytris sat elongatis, obscure striatis, striis distincte (interstitiis se! BL. 
punctatis ; abdomine crebrius fortiter punctato. Long. 5 m.m. 
Closely allied to B. vestitus, Sh., but easily separable by its elongate very 
parallel form and less strongly einen thorax, different punctuation, greater 
size, &c. 
In what I regard as the male the apical dorsal segment is truncate behind, a 
small additional segment being barely visible. The front tibiee are very strongly 
curved. 
The other sex is unknown to me. 
A single specimen occurred on one of the mountains of Lanai, at an elevation of about 2000 feet. 
It was obtained by beating flowers. 
Th Bs 
Brachypeplus expers, n. sp.—Brevis, latus, parum depressus, opacus, pubes- 
cens, rufopiceus; capite prothoraceque obscure crebre punctatis; hoc fortiter 
transverso, dorso tri-impresso ; elytris ineequalibus, striatis, haud distincte punctatis; 
abdomine crasse obscure punctato. Long. 6 m.m., lat. 27 m.m. 
Rather closely allied to B. sordidus, Sh., but considerably wider; the width 
across the elytra, moreover, is distinctly greater than the length of the elytra (in 
B. sordidus it is about equal to it), and the lateral margins of the elytra, though 
not strongly explanate, are decidedly more so than in B. sordidus. The uneven- 
ness of the upper surface is sufficient to distinguish this species from B. guttatus, 
Sh., and B. robustus, Sh. (the only other described allies). 
The prosternal process is somewhat curved upwards at the apex (less so than in 
B. sordidus, more than in B. guttatus or B. robustus), and very obscurely ciliated. 
I regard my specimen as a male; the apical dorsal segment is rather short, is 
truncated (not very abruptly) behind, and leaves exposed a very short DER: 
tary segment. 
The other sex is unknown to me. 
A single specimen occurred under the bark of a tree on Haleakala, Maui, at an elevation of about 
4000 feet. 
Aus 18% 
Brachypeplus spretus, n. sp.—Sat latus,. subdepressus, subnitidus, parce 
pubescens, nigrofuscus (feminis nonnullis omnino testaceis); antennarum basi, 
pedibus, thoracis elytrorum abdominisque marginibus lateralibus, et (nonnullis 
exemplis) maculis duabus prope scutellum positis, testaceis; prothorace transverso, 
antrorsum angustato, lateribus explanatis sat rotundatis, disco profunde tri vel 
quadri impresso; elytris inzequalibus, striatis, parum elongatis ; abdomine parcius 
subtiliter punctato. Long. 33-13 m.m. 
