BLACKBURN AND SHARP—On Hawaiian Coleoptera. 231 
179. Brachypeplus bicolor, Blackb., ante, p. 137. 
Ins. Hawaii. Aut. 
A single example was found under the bark of a tree on Mauna Loa, at an elevation of nearly 5000 
feet. 
180. Brachypeplus impressus, Shp. op. cit. 1878, p. 135. 
Ins. Oahu. Aut. 
Occasionally taken on flowers of trees in mountainous places near Honolulu. 
Genus XLVII.—Haptoncus. Mun. Cat. m1. p. 814. 
181. Haptoncus tetragonus, Murr. Mon. Nitid. p. 401. (?) Syn. Epureea 
ocularis, Fairm. Essai sur les Col. de la Polynésie, p. 28. 
Ins. Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai. (?) Maui, (?) Lanai. Int. Ceylon, Tahiti (?). 
Occurred not rarely in decaying vegetable matter (especially fruit), at various elevations, on Kauai, 
Oahu, and Hawaii, and doubtless is found on all the other islands of the Hawaiian group. 
182. Haptoncus mundus, Shp. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1878, m. p. 139. 
Ins. Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai, var. (?) Imm. 
Has been taken on Oahu and Hawaii, not very rarely, on flowers of forest trees on the mountains ; 
generally occurs at an elevation of 1500 to 3000 feet above the sea. 
Specimens which appear to be a small dark variety of this species occurred on Kauai under similar 
circumstances. 
Fam. MONOTOMID &. 
Genus XLVIII.—Hesperobenus. Mun. Cat. 1. p. 893. 
183. Rhizophagus capito, Fairm. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 54. 
Ins. Oahu, Kauai. (?) Hawaii, (?) Maui, (?) Lanai. Int. Tahiti. 
Not common ; occurs under bark in various localities on Kauai and Oahu, and is probably extant on 
the other islands. 
Fam. TROGOSITID 2. 
Genus XLIX.—Tvrogosita. Mun. Cat. 1. p. 841. 
184. Tenebrio mauritanicus, L. Syst. Nat. 1. 2, p. 674. 
Ins. Oahu. (?) Hawaii, (?) Maui, (?) Lanai, (?) Kauai. Int. Cosmopolite. 
Common in Honolulu, and doubtless in other parts of the islands. 
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