BLackBURN AND SHARP—On Hawaiian Coleoptera. 220 
Fam. NITIDULID. 
Genus XLIV.—Carpophilus. Mun. Cat. m1. p. 810. 
139. Carpophilus maculatus, Mur. Mon. Nitid. p. 372. 
Ins. Oahu, Kaui, Maui, Hawaii. (?) Int. 
Occurs abundantly on various articles of food. 
140. Nitidula dimidiata, Fab. Ent. Syst. 1. p. 261. 
Ins. Oahu, Maui. (?) Hawaii, (?) Lanai, (?) Kauai. Int. Widely distributed. 
Taken on Oahu and Maui in the greatest abundance. It attacks almost all articles of food in 
houses ; and doubtless occurs on all the islands. 
141. Dermestes hemipterus, Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2, p. 565. 
Ins. Oahu, Maui. Int. Widely distributed. 
Taken on Oahu and Maui, but not commonly, 
Genus XLV.—Gonioryctus. Shp. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 131. 
142. Gonioryctus latus, Shp. op. cit. p. 129. 
Ins. Oahu. Aut. 
Found on flowers (usually of the Freycinetia) in the mountain forests, at elevations of 2000 to 8000 
feet above the sea; not rare. 
143. Gonioryctus blackburni, Shp. op. cit. 1. p. 130. 
Ins. Oahu. Aut. | 
Taken singly on several occasions on flowers in the mountain forests. 
144. Gonioryctus monticola, Shp. 1. ¢. 
Ins. Oahu. Aut. 
A few specimens of this insect occurred in the decayed stems of a tree-fern, just below the summit 
of Konahuanui, in March. 
145. Gonioryctus fugitivus, Blackb., anée, p. 131. 
Ins. Hawai. Aut. 
Unique ; taken by beating flowers near Waimea, at an elevation of about 3000 feet. February. 
146. Gonioryctus similis, Blackb., ante, p. 131. | 
Ins. Oahu. Aut. 
In the stems of a species of lily growing near the summit of Konahuanui. 
Genus XLVI.—Brachypeplus. Mun. Cat. m1. p. 807. 
147. Brachypeplus tinctus, Shp. Trans. Ent. Soe. Lond. 1879, p. 83. 
Ins. Oahu. Aut. 
Three specimens occurred on flowers at an elevation of about 1500 feet. 
148. Brachypeplus protinoides, Shp. op. cit. p, 85. 
Ins. Maui. Aut. 
Occurs commonly on flowers at an elevation of about 4000 feet on Haleakala. 
