FULGOROIDEA. 



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the anal segment is subacute at the apex, and the arrangement of the apical 

 spines of the styles is distinct. 



31. Vanua hopkinsi sp. n. Figs. 12, 13. 

 Male ; length 7-2 mm. ; tegmen 8-4 mm. 



Width of vertex slightly greater than length from middle of apex to lateral 

 basal angles. In build typical of genus. Left anal angle of pygofer sub- 

 quadrately produced and turned inward, right side produced into a small, 



Text -FIG. 12. — Vanua hophinsi Muir, sp. n., Text-fig. 13. — Vanua Tiopkinsi Muir, 



male genitalia, lateral view. sp. n., female genitalia, dorsal view. 



slender, finger-like process which is curved inward ; anal segment at anus curved 

 downward with the apex rounded ; aedeagus slender, apex of periandrium 

 membraneous on dorsal aspect where it can be inflated to some extent ; penis 

 small, spinelike. Green, in some specimens, stramineous. Tegmina clear 

 hyaline, veins light green ; in some specimens there is a distinct light mark along 

 the first claval vein. Wings clear hyaline, veins light green. 



Female slightly larger than male, but otherwise similar. The female genitalia 

 are shorter than in V. poyeri, and the apex of the anal segment is emarginate. 



Upolu : four males and four females from Malololelei, 2000 feet elevation, 

 vi., vii., xi.l924 ; iv.l925. 



Another new species of this genus is known to the writer from specimens 

 from Tonga (Hopkins). 



MEENOPLIDAE 



The most characteristic feature of this family is the shape of the abdominal 

 tergites, especially the sixth, seventh and eighth. These are shaped like an 



