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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



45. Levu samoensis sp. n. Fig. 19. 

 Male : length 1-5 mm. ; tegmen 3-4 mm. 



Tlie lateral carinae of vertex and frons touching one another from near 



base of vertex to near apex of frons ; shoulder keel large, well defined. 



Stramineous : tegmina hyaline, slightly shiny, veins mostly white, apical 



cross veins and the main veins near them fuscous extending into membrane, 



fuscous over apical portion of cubitus, fuscous from middle of costa to apex 



of clavus, the fork at the apex of Sc and M darker than 



the rest, making two small Vs. The amount of infus- 



cation varies considerably, being in some specimens 



practically absent, in others quite distinct. Wings hyaline, 



white, veins white. 



The genitalia figured ; there is a short pointed pro- 



Text-pig. 19. — Zemt igction on each side of the anal segment. There are no 

 samoensis Muir, ^ ^ 



sp. n., male geni- signs of a distinct basal plate or of any basal plate 

 talia, lateral view. apodeme. The ejaculatory duct is large as it passes out of 

 the basal foramen of the aedeagus, thus forming a chamber. 

 Female : length 2-4 mm. ; tegmen 4-6 mm. 



The fuscous marking on veins and membrane more distinct than in the 

 male. One female from Upolu is fuscous all over the tegmina with fuscous 

 veins. 



Savaii : Safune, fifteen specimens, v. 1924 (Bryan). 

 ' Upolu : Apia, one specimen, iii.1924 ; Vaihma, two specimens, ii., 

 iii.1925 ; Malololelei, five specimens, iv., xi., xii. 



Tutuila : Afono Trail, one specimen ; Amauli, one specimen, ix.l923 

 (Swezey and Wilder). 



ISSIDAE 

 Neololllus Muir 



NeololUus Muir, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IV, No. 3, p. 584. 1921. 

 So far this genus is only known to occur in Samoa, where it is represented 

 solely by the genotype. 



46. Neolollius viridis Muir. 



NeololUus viridis Muii, t. c, Tp. 58i, figs. S, Sa. 1921. 



