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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Upolu : Malololelei, 2000 feet elevation, one female, vi.l924. 

 Savaii : Safune, 2000-4000 feet elevation, one female, v.1924 (Bryan). 



16. Ugyops bryani sp. n. Fig. 10. 

 Female ; length 5 '5 mm. ; tegmen 4-6 mm. 



Length of vertex subequal to width, carinae fairly distinct on basal half, 

 obscure on apical half, two very obscure carinae on 

 middle of frons continuing to apex separately. Vertex 

 and frons reddish-brown, genae and clypeus lighter ; 

 pronotum and mesonotum reddish-yellow, the latter 



Text-fig 10 Ugyops ^^^^^^ than the former ; antennae, legs and abdomen 



bryani Muir, sp. n., reddish-brown. Tegmina reddish yellow, veins slightly 

 head, dorsal view. darker, slightly fuscous across middle from apex of 

 clavus to costa, continuing along R and M to near apex. 



Savaii : Safune, 2000-4000 feet elevation, v.1924 (Bryan). 



Megamelus Fieber 

 17. Megamelus proserpina Kirk. 



Megamelus proserpina Kirkaldy, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Ent. 

 Bull, III, p. 147. 1907. 



Savaii : Safune, 1000-2000 feet elevation, a long series of young and adults, 

 v.1924 (Bryan). 



Tutuila : Leone Road, a long series of both sexes ; Pago Pago, two speci- 

 mens, ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Upolu : Apia, twelve specimens, vii.1924 ; Malololelei, one specimen, 

 iv.l925. 



This is a common species on taro {Colocasia esculenta ; Araceae). Previously 

 known to occur in Fiji, Savage Island (Nine), Queensland, Amboina, Java and 

 Philippines. 



Peregrinus Kirkaldy 



18. Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead) 



Delphax maidis, Ashmead, Psyche, V, p. 323. 1890. 



Upolu: One male specimen from Apia, iii.1924. 

 This species is known as the " corn hopper " and is cosmotropical, also extending 

 beyond the tropics into South Africa, North America and Australia. 



