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Callithmysus koebelei sp. nov. 



BY R. C. L. PERKINS. 



Reddish brown, the prothorax above being darker than the elj'tra or 

 legs, clothed with sparse pale pubescence. Furcate pubescent lines of 

 the elytra slender, pale yellowish, distinct. Antennae clear testaceous. 

 Behind the antennae the head has very large and shallow, but not dense, 

 punctures; the pronotum above appears bare on the large subovate dark 

 area, already mentioned, though in reality it bears extremely short black 

 hairs; at the sides it has a pale pubescence and is finely punctate, the 

 punctures becoming much less numerous towards the sternum, with the 

 surface smooth and shining. The elytra are densely and rugosely pun- 

 ctate throughout. Middle and posterior femora with conspicuous black 

 hairs apically, generally more or less mixed with some white ones at the 

 tip; hind femora with dense hairs throughout, those at the extreme base 

 white, the rest black; hind tarsi with whitish hairs. 



Hab. Oahu, on Pipturus; not rare, and easily bred, but it re- 

 quires good eyesight to collect a series in the field, as it closely 

 resembles the surface on which it rests, and is as a rule sluggish. 



This figure, used on our title page, 

 and on the cover of the earlier num- 

 bers, is of Callithmysus koebelei^ an 

 autochthonous species of beetle hither- 

 to undescribed. On request, Dr. 

 Perkins has kindly supplied the de- 

 scription of this species. (Eds.) 



