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nuts, we have collected it with T, stonei^ A. alhoUneatus (Theobald), 

 and A. quasiscutellaris Farner and Bohart. 



Distribution. — Solomon Islands: Guadalcanal: Generally distrib- 

 uted on north and northwest coasts (JNB et al., P. W. Oman, K. L. 

 Knight) [U.S.N.M., CU, JNB], Neio Georgia: Segi Point (C. O. 

 Berg) [U.S.N.M.] ; Munda Point (J. G. Franclemont) [U.S.N.M., 

 CU,JNB]. 



TRIPTEROIDES (TRIPTERGIDES) BINOTATA, new species 



Tripteroides himaculipes, Knight, Bohaet, and Bohart, 1944, p. IS. 



Distinctive characters. — Adults : Head with dark azure-blue scales 

 interrupted in the center by a longitudinal dark stripe. All femora 

 with silvery spots and golden or silvery lines. Thoracic integument 

 brown, testaceous on lateral anterior angles; dorsocentral bristles 

 present ; scutal vestiture of narrow dark scales, patch of broad, black 

 scales in front of wing roots. Abdomen with lateral silvery markings. 



Larvae: Maxilla normal, without apical spines. Mesothorax with 

 a pair of simple spines, metathorax with a pair of trifid spines. Stel- 

 late tufts numerous, heavily pigmented. Comb scales very numerous, 

 set close together, almost meeting on ventral surface. Siphon index 

 about 4; 12 to 14 dorsal tufts, mostly 2-branched; 9 to 13 ventral 

 tufts, usually double. Pecten of about seven simple teeth. 



Description of male. — Wing : 3-3.5 mm. 



Head : Proboscis 1.3 of abdomen and 1.3 of front femur, very slender, 

 dark scaled. Palpi extremely short, projecting beyond clypeus for 

 two-thirds length of latter, about 0.06 of proboscis ; dark, basal seg- 

 ments lighter, with numerous hairs. Clypeus yellowish to brown, bare. 

 Antenna about half as long as proboscis ; torus yellowish brown, with 

 a few short, light hairs ; flagellar whorls not very dense ; first flagellar 

 segment with a few minute, dark scales ; terminal segments subequal, 

 each slightly more than twice as long as other segments, with denser 

 pubescence. Vertex clothed with broad, appressed scales, dark in the 

 center, iridescent, dark azure-blue dorsolaterally on anterior two- 

 thirds, silvery on the sides and below, dark on posterior third; erect 

 occipital scales all dark, rather long. 



Thorax : Scutal integument light orange to testaceous on anterolat- 

 eral areas, dark brown to black posteriorly and centrally. Scutal 

 vestiture of narrow hairlike scales, dark in color throughout ; supra- 

 alar area darker than rest of scutum, with a large patch of broad, 

 appressed, black scales on each side; four or five pairs of strong dor- 

 socentral bristles ; two or three pairs of prescutellars ; numerous bris- 

 tles on anterior promontory and supraalar areas. Scutellar lobes 

 sparsely covered with broad, appressed, dark scales; bristles dark. 

 Pleural integument light yellowish to testaceous, central area (sterno- 



