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the above diagnosis was made, were all males, and fit Hiitton's 

 description except that the abdomen was brown and white instead 

 of black and tawny. It seems probable that Hutton had only female 

 specimens, which perhaps are darker than the males, as found in 

 many species of Ogcodes. 



Brunetti (1926, p. 594) cited a specimen of brunneus (Hutton) from 

 "Gollans Valley, 24. xii. 1921 (G. V. Hudson)," and commented that 

 "the specimen from Gollans Valley has a pale, irregularly-shaped spot 

 of some size, but wdth indefinite outline towards each side margin on 

 the third segment." This specimen was ver^^ likely nitens, as one of 

 the males I have seen had only one lateral spot instead of the usual two. 



The resemblance of nitens to shewelli Sabrosky from the eastern 

 United States is striking, and there seems to be little doubt that the 

 two are related in spite of their geographical separation. In New 

 Zealand, the new species argigaster and slmilis appear to be the 

 only close relatives of nitens. 



SpecIxMens examixed: 7cf, 2 9. 



New ZEALAND: 3cf , 1 9 (without abdomen) and 1 9 cf (in copula), Port Hills. 

 Dec. 2, 1923 (J. W. Campbell, USNM, EIS) ; 2d^, Casmere, Jan. 3, 1922 (T. R. 

 Harris, USNM); Id^, Governor's Bay, Dec. 2, 1923 (J. W. Campbell, USNM), 



Ogcodes species of Polynesian subregion 



The onl}' species known from this area are costalis (Walker), javanus 

 Meijere, and trifasciatus Meijere. As I have not seen any specimens 

 from this subregion, the assignment of the species to species groups 

 and their specificity wall have to await further stud3^ See the list of 

 species (p. 316) for further notes and references. 



Ogcodes species of Ethiopian region 



The following 11 species and subspecies have been recorded from 

 this area: alluaudi Becker, cajfer Loew, clavatus Becker, cqffeatus 

 Speiser, congoensis Brunetti, crassitibialis Brunetti, distinctus Brunetti, 

 neavei Brunetti, nyasae Brunetti, trilineatus Brunetti, and varius jtal- 

 lidimarginalis Brunetti. 



To m^^ knowledge no one has attempted to revise the African 

 species, but two of the most comprehensive works were those of 

 Brunetti (1926) and Sabrosky (1950). 



From Brunetti's description of distinctus (1926) it seems ver}^ pos- 

 sible that he had a specimen of guttatus Costa, which at that time 

 was not known to occur in Africa. This latter name should now be 

 added to the above list of Ethiopian species (see discussion under 



