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3. kahavalu Kirkaldy. 



Rednviolus innofatus Kirkaldy, 1902, Faun. Haw. Ill, 154, PI. 

 5, f. 32, (not Blackburn). 



R. kahavalu Kirkaldy, 1907, P. H. E. S., i, 156, (new name), 



Male, female. Very pale greenish (turning yellowish after death), 

 practically immaculate, the urotergites more or less fuscous. An- 

 tennae testaceous, sometimes light fuscous. Tegmina translucent, 

 slightly tinged with greenish, opaiescent, merabranay veins ashy. Eyea 

 medium-sized, not occupying the whole of the head in profile. Second 

 and third segments of the antennae subequal in length, twice the 

 length of the head in profile, and about one-half longer than the first 

 segment, 4th. slightly longer than the first. Fore femora subequal in 

 length to the head, pronotum and scutellum together. The veins of 

 the median area of the membrane are not forked, (f. 14). The wing- 

 hook arises from the connecting vein, almost at its junction with the 

 subtended vein. Pronotum with the lateral margins almost straight, 

 scarcely divergent, the hind lobe not, or scarcely, elevated', (figs. 5 

 and 8). The characteristic male hook is shown in fig. 3. 



Length, 9%-10% mill. 



Hab: Hawaii. Kcna, 2000-6000 ft. ( July- Aug. ) ; Kilauea 

 (Aug.), on Mamani (Sophora chrysophylla, one of the Legumi- 

 nosae). 



This species seems to be restricted to Hawaii, the record in 

 the "Fauna Hawaiiensis" from Waianae, Oahu, being referable 

 to R. capsiformis. The only examples of R. kahavalu that I 

 have seen are those collected by Dr. Perkins, and referred to 

 above. 



4. tarai Kirkaldy. 



Rednviolus tarai Kirkaldy, 1902, Faun. Haw., HI, 154, PI. V, 

 40, (male hook). 



R. kaonohiula Kirkaldy, 1908, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, 1, 192. 



Male, female, purplish-brown, more or less suffused with sangui- 

 neous, especially on the legs and tegmina. Antennae testaceous, more 

 or less tinged with fuscous or sanguineous. Scutellum bluish-black, 

 bright red laterally. Lateral margins of tegmina narrowly yellowish. 

 Meso- and metapleura bright red, marked with black. Membrane 

 colourless or milky, veins pale ashy. Fore femora reddish, middle 

 and hind femora yellowish, apically reddish, the tibiae and tarsi yel- 

 low, etc. Abdomen above fuscous more or less discally, pleurites yel- 

 lowish or sanguineous; abdomen beneath yellowish. The eyes are 

 larger than in R. kahavalu, breaking the dorsal line in profile. Head 

 about as long as the first segment of the antennae or very slightly 

 longer and very slightly shorter than the fourth segment; second and 

 third segments subequal, each about three-fifths longer than the first. 

 Pronotum witli "lateral margins of hind lo5F somewhat divergent, and 



