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yz. Blackburn, Thomas, Some observations on the genus Oodemas of 

 the family Cossonidae with descriptions of new species : Soc. 

 Ent. Belgique Ann., pp. 73-76, 1878. (AF) 

 The following species are described : Oodemas nivicola n.sp., O. acne- 



scens Boh., O. sculpturatum n.sp., O. insulare n.sp., O. robustum n.sp., 0. 



obscurum n.sp., O. angustum n.sp., O. niauicnse n.sp., O. borrei n.sp., O. hal- 



ticoides Blackb. 



■^T,. Blackburn, Thomas, Characters of new genera and descriptions of 



new species of Geodephaga from the Hawaiian islands, II : 



Ent. Month. Mag., vol. 15, pp. 1 19-123 and 156-158, London, 



1878. (AF) 



The following are described ; Atrachycnemis, n.gen., A. sliarpi ji.sp., 



Disenochus n.gen., D. anomalus, n.sp., Anchomenus insociabilis n.sp., A. erro 



n.sp., A. sharpi n.sp., A rupicola n.sp., Cyclothorax montivagus n.sp., C. 



micans n.sp., C. muhipunctatus n.sp., C. brevis Sharp, C. oahuensis n.sp., C. 



simiolus n.sp., C. obscuricolor n.sp. 



74. Butler, A. G., On Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian islands : Ent. 



Month. Mag., vol. 14, p. 185, London, 1878. (AF) 

 Descriptions are given of the following species : Danais archippus Fab., 

 Leucania dislocata Wlalk., Plusia verticillata Guenee, Botys blackburni Butler, 



B. accepta Butler. 



75. Sharp, David, Descriptions of some new species and a new genus 



of rhyncophorous Coleoptera from Hawaiian Islands : Ent. Soc. 



London, Trans., for 1878, pp. 15-26, 1878. (AF) 

 The following insects were collected by Thomas Blackburn: Proterhinus 

 vcstitus n.sp., P. blackburni n.sp., P. simplex n.sp., P. obscurus n.sp., P. 

 oscillans n.sp., P. dcbilis n.sp, Dryophthorus squalidus n.sp., D. gravidus n.sp., 

 D. crassus n.sp., D. declivia n.sp., D modestus nsp., D. pusillus n.sp., D. 

 insignis n.sp., P entarthrum prolixum n.sp., P. obscurum n.sp., P. blackburni 

 n.sp. 



76. Sharp, David, On some Nitidulidae from the Hawaiian Islands: 



Ent. Soc. London, Trans, for 1878, pp. 127-140, 1878. (AF) 

 Descriptions are given of the following beetles collected by Blackburn : 



Gonidryctus latus n.sp., G. blackburni n.sp., G. monticola n.sp., Brachypeplus 



discendens n.sp., B. pttncticeps n.sp., B. robustus n.sp., B. reitteri n.sp., B. 



infirmus n.sp., B. impressus n.sp. B. inaequalis n.sp., B. omalioides n.sp., B. 



brevis n.sp., B. asper n.sp., Carpophilus hemipterus Linn., C. dimidiatus Er., 



C. maculatus Murray, Haptoncus tetragonus Murray, and H. mundus n.sp. 



77. Sharp, David, On some longicorn Coleoptera from the Hawaiian 



islands: Ent. Soc. London, Trans, for 1878, pp. 201, 210, 1878. 

 (AF) 



Descriptions are given of the following beetles collected by Blackburn : 

 Parandra puncticeps n.sp., Stenocorus simplex Gyll., Astrinius n.gen., A. ob- 

 scurus n.sp., Sotenus n.gen., S. setiger n.sp., Clytarlus n.gen., C. robustus 

 n.sp., C. cristaius n.sp., Micracantha nutans n.sp., Oopsis nutator Fab., and 

 Lagochirus araneiformis Linn. 



78. Sharp, David, Description of new species probably indicating a new 



genus of Anchomenidae from the Sandwich Islands : Ent. 

 Month. Mag., vol. 14, pp. 179-180, 1878. (AF) ' 



Describes Blackburnia insignis n.sp. 



