INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



membrane. 



Text-fig. 4. — Myndus semi- 

 hrunneus Muir, sp. n., male 

 genitalia, lateral view. 



Wings hyaline, basal half light fuscous brown, apical half clear 

 hyaline, veins dark brown. Pygofer with the right 

 lateral margin produced into a small quadrate pro- 

 cess ; anal segment with two small processes, the 

 one on the right side of lateral margin shorter and 

 with rounded apex, the one on the left side longer 

 and acute at apex. 



Female similar to male but slightly larger. 

 Upolu : Vaea, 1100 feet elevation, two speci- 

 mens, 25.iv.1924 (Bryan). 



Fig. 



Male 



7. Myndus sordidus sp. n. 

 length 2-5 mm. ; tegmen 3 mm. 



Light brown, darker on frons and mesonotum 

 between carinae, legs Hghter. Tegmina hyaline, clear, 

 apical cells slightly fuscous, veins slightly yellowish, 

 gTanules minute, fairly numerous. Wings hyaline 

 with brown veins. Female similar to male but 

 slightly larger. 



Genitalia figured ; anal segment asymmetrical. 

 Savaii : Salailua, two specimens, 19.V.1924 

 (Bryan). 



Text-pig. 5. — Myndus sordidus 

 Muir, sp. n., male genitalia, 

 lateral view. 



8. Myndus semmiger sp. n. 



Fig. 



6. 



Male 



length 2-3 mm. ; tegmen 2-8 mm. 



Width of vertex at base subequal to length in middle, base 

 wider than apex, narrowest in middle, the basal part of frons 

 distinct in dorsal view. Sc + E, fork about one-third from base, 

 more basad than Cu fork, M arising from Sc + R near base. In 

 lateral view the apex of anal segment on each side produced into 

 Text-fig. 6. — a fiat process with narrowly rounded apex pointing basad, the 



Myndus semi- ^j^g j.- .j^^ shorter and blunter than the one on left. 



mger Mu]r, . 



sp. n., male Lateral margins of pygofer straight, entire. Genital styles thin, 

 ' raTview^'^^**^' ^^8^*^^ curved, apex rounded. Black or deep reddish-brown, 

 apical half of clypeus, labium, legs, anal segment and genital 

 styles white or Hght yellow. Basal portion of tegmen to nodal line black 



