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596 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Nesodryas Kirkaldy. 



Nesodryas Kirkaldy, 1908, op. cit. pp. 201 & 203. 



Somewhat allied to Megamelus Fieber, but the basal segment of the antennae is 

 shorter than wide, not more than one-fourth of the length of the thickened second ; the 

 hind tibiae are distinctly longer than their tarsi, and the first segment of the latter is 

 more than twice as long as the others together. Veins of tegmina feebly granulate ; 

 five apicals, the second and third with a common stalk, fourth forked near apex. Tibial 

 spur solid, narrow, with 4 — 7 strong spines. Type N. freycinetiae. The species of 

 this genus are perhaps the most delicate of all the Asiracidae. 



The four species may be separated as follows : 



1. Vertex and pronotum each with two small, but conspicuous, dark fuscous 



spots I freycinetiae Kirkaldy. 



\a. Vertex immaculate (2) 



2. Vertex and pronotum immaculate, pale (3) 



2a. Vertex black 5 dryope, sp. nov. 



2b. Vertex pale, pronotum dark smoky 2 elaeocarpi \\\x\jd\A-^. 



3. (? $ • Pale greenish testaceous; tegmina milky coloured 3 giffardi Kirkaldy 



3a. (J 9 . Pale brownish yellow. $ tegmina greyish hyaline ; $ tegmina 



yellowish hyaline with the interior half pale orange brown, or yellowish 



fumate 4 ei/geiiiae Kirkaldy. 



(i) Nesodryas freycinetiae Kirkaldy. 



Nesodryas freycinetiae Kirkaldy, 1908, op. cit. p. 203. 



Z %. Greenish testaceous (the green often fading locally), or even changing to 

 pale orange brown ; clavus and inner half of coriuni and of membrane, the abdomen, 

 etc., suffused with pale reddish brown (sometimes also pronotum and scutellum). Vertex 

 and pronotum each with a couple of small conspicuous blackish brown spots. Apex of 

 first apical cell and adjoining exterior margin of tegmen, apex of inner apical cell, etc., 

 fuscous. Vertical keels faint. Length ^ $ 4 — 4^ mm. 



The t pygophor has a very long, subascendant, lateral spine on each side ; the 

 genital styles are narrow. 



The nymphs have been described by Swezey (1908, P. H. E. S. 11.). 



Hab. Oahu, Honolulu Mts., 2000 ft. (Nov., Perkins, i %) ; Pacific Heights ridge, 

 1500 ft. (May, Swezey); Tantalus, 1300 ft. (Jan., April, Oct., Dec, Giffard), on leie 

 {Freycinetia ai'borea) ; also reported from Acacia koa, but certainly in error. 



(2) Nesodryas elaeocarpi Kirkaldy. 



Nesodryas elaeocarpi Kirkaldy, 1908, op. cit. 



Head, antennae, etc., greenish testaceous. Eyes blackish grey. Pronotum dark 

 smoky. Labium and legs (except the black tip of the former, and black hind femora 

 and base of hind tibiae) testaceous. Tegmina hyaline with a broad dark fuscous stripe 



