FULGOROIDEA. 



23 



Tutuila : two male specimens from Afono Trail, 25.ix.1923 (Swezey and 

 Wilder). 



Previously found in Tutuila. 



Capelopterum Melichar 



Capelopterum Melichar, Abh. K.K. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, III, 4, p. 210. 

 1906. 



The seven species placed by Melichar in this genus are distributed from 

 Ceylon to the Solomon Islands ; one species is known to occur in Samoa, and 

 one in Nine (Savage Island). 



47. Capelopterum maculifrons Muir 



Capelopterum, maculifrons Muir, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IV, 3, p. 582. 1921. 

 Upolu : twenty-eight specimens from various localities, and various 

 collectors. 



Tutuila : four specimens from Pago Pago, ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 

 14.xii.l925. 



Savaii : two specimens from Fagamalo, xi.l925. 

 Previously known to occur in Tutuila. 



LOPHOPIDAE 

 Buxtoniella g. n. 



Head slightly narrower than thorax ; length of vertex in middle 1-5 times 

 the width, apex slightly rounded, base slightly emarginate, a very faint trans- 

 verse mark near apex and a very faint longitudinal line down middle, two 

 small depressions near base, sides nearly straight. Frons gradually widening 

 for basal two-thirds, then more suddenly narrowing to apex, leaving the sides 

 angular at that point where a ridge runs across the gena beneath the antennae ; 

 an exceedingly faint medio longitudinal carina. Clypeus without lateral carinae, 

 median carina distinct. Pronotum slightly shorter than vertex, base straight, 

 three carinae, the middle anteriorly faint ; mesonotum slightly shorter than 

 pronotum. First segment of antennae as wide as long, second segment terite, 

 considerably longer than wide. The front and middle legs distinctly flattened 

 and broadened. 



