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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Sogata Distant 

 22. Sogata kirkaldyi (Muir) 



Kelisia kirkaldyi Muir, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III, 4, p. 329. 1917. 

 Tutiiila : Pago Pago, forty specimens, x.1923 (Swezey and Wilder), on 

 Sporobolus sp. 



Upolu : Apia, thirty-four specimens, ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder), on 

 Sporobolus s]). - ' ; 



Formerly met with in Fiji, Queensland, Philippines, and Formosa. It is 

 closely related to Sogata paludum (Kirk.). 



23. Sogata paludum (Kirk.) 



Kelisia paludum Kirkaldy, Fauna Haivaiiensis, II, (7), p. 579. 1910. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, nine specimens ; Amauli, one specimen, ix.l923 

 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Upolu: Apia, two specimens, ix. 1923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



This species is widely distributed in the Pacific, and has been taken in 

 Jamaica. The Samoan specimens are darker than those found in Hawaiia. 



' ■ 24. Sogata eupompe (Kirk.) 



" Delphax " eupompe Kirkaldy, Haioaiian Sugar Planters' Association Ent. 

 Bull, III, p. 162. 1907. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, a long series of adults and young ; Amauli, a long 

 series, ix.l924 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Upolu : Apia, sixteen specimens, ix.l924 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Previously known to occur in Queensland and Fiji. 



25. Sogata ochrias (Kirkaldy) 



" Delphax " ochrias Kirkaldy, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Ent. 

 Bull, III, p. 157. 1907. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, thirty-five specimens of adults and young, ix., x. 

 1923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Upolu : Apia, two specimens on Sporobolus sp. ix.l923 (Swezey and 

 Wilder). 



Previously known to be found in Fiji and Australia. 



