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The series before us shows individual variation in the amount 
of russet entering into the general coloration. Intensification and 
recession of coloration is also marked. In the maximum re- 
cessive examples the distal portion of the abdomen is only very 
slightly darker than the other portions. 
Specimens Examined: 13, 5 males and 8 females. 
Hawaii, (A. Koebele), 34, 32, paratypes. [Terr. Bd. Agr. 
and Hebard Coll.]. 
Ookala, Hawaii, X, 18, 1908, (O. H. Swezey), 18, paratype, 
[EIS Se 2. eASle 
Oahu, (A. Koebele); 19, paratype, [Terr. Bd. Agr.]. 
Hauula Valley, Oahu, VIII, 2, 1918, (O. H. Swezey), 14, 
1¢, type and allotype, [Hebard Coll.]. 
Opaeula Gulch, Oahu, III, 30, 1913, (O. H. Swezey), 12, 
paratype, [H. S. P. A.]. 
Makaleha Valley, Oahu, XII, 13, 1919, (O. H. Swezey), 
Lo, paratype, |Hy SP: Ate 
Kuliouou Valley, Oahu, VI, 25, 1916, (P. H. Timberlake), 
12, paratype, [Timberlake Coll.]. 
Prolabia arachidis (Yersin) 
1860. Forficula arachidis Yersin, Ann. Sci. Ent. France, (3), 
VII, .p. 509, pl. X, figs. 33 to 35. |) [Adventivemaa 
Marseilles, France. | 
Kaimuki, Oahu, I, 8, 1917, (O. H. Swezey; in case of canned 
tomatoes from Oregon), 29, [H. S. P. A.]; III, 14, 1914, 
(O. HH. Swezey ; in box of apples), 1d. )29 7 Els sate 
and Hebard Coll.]. 
Honolulu, Oahu, (Van Dine), 19,7? [U. S. N. M.]. 
This species, which has been widely distributed by commerce 
in tropical and subtropical regions, is apparently a recent intro- 
duction in Hawaii. 
” This specimen was recorded by Burr as Labia arachidis, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, p. 453, (1910), constituting the first record for the 
species from the Hawaiian Islands. 
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