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Sl'bfamilv Calaxdrixae. 



Cosmopolites sordidus (Germ.)- 



Habitat.— Upolu Island (Dr. H. Swale). 



Rhabdocnemis obscura (Buisd.). 



Habitat. — U])olu Island: under bark (Dr. Rcchiiii^er ) : Tu- 

 tuila (Dr. H. C. Kellers). 



CaJandra oryzae L. 



Habitat. — Upolu Island (Dr. Recliingcr). 



Diocalandra taitensis (Guer.). 



Habitat. — Tutuila Island : One female, center of island. ^'00- 

 1200 feet (Dr. H. C. Kellers). 



Sl'l'.FAMILY COSSOXIXAE. 

 Genus Glyphcstethus 'i'>^'. 



Head globular, deeply imbedded in the thorax; the eyes very shortly 

 ovate, entirely lateral, coarsely facetted. Bosirmn short and stout, only 

 half as loiiy- as the }irotli<irax, and (|uite straight, but <lirected down- 

 wards: the scrolies deep, widening behind and j)assing rapidly beneatli 

 the rostrum, but broadly separated at the base. Antennae inserted beyond 

 the mitldle of the rostrum; th.e sca])e short and stout, not reaching th" 

 eye, widening from Itase to rqiex; the funiclo uitli joint 1 a little longer 

 and much broader than 2, 3 to 7 transverse and becoming sticcessively 

 wider; the club shortly oval, as long as the three preceding joints, the apical 

 third spongy. Prothornx strongly and broadly constricted in front, with 

 the apical dorsal margin so much produced that the head, when deflected, 

 is invisible from above. Seutellum small, punctiform. Fli/frn, oblong- 

 ovate, much broader at the shoulders than the prothorax, subtruncate at 

 the base, and with stria 10 very short. Lct/s with tlie femora hardly 

 clavate, unarmed; the tibiae straight, slightly compressed and strongly 

 uncinate; the tarsi four-jointed, joint 3 not broader than 2, the chiws free 

 and simjde. Stern ii ni : the prosternum below the le^^el of the metasternum, 

 with a dee]> furrow in front of the coxae, the front margin very deeply 

 sinuate, the coxae rather narrowly separated; the central piece of the 

 mesosternum trapezoidal, narrowed behind, the front margin shallowly 

 sinuate; the metastonuiin lietwecn the coxae rather longer than the mid 

 coxa. 



Genotype, Glyphostethus cancellatus ^l'- "• 



The only known species presents a strong' su[)erfioial resem- 



