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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



tarsi blackish ; hind femora with four or five fuscous dots on ventral surface, 

 from each of which arises a long hair. Sternum, genital segment, and more or 

 less on ventral surface of preceding segments, brownish to fuscous. 



Structure. — ^. Total length 3-2 mm. Dorsal surface glabrous, shining. 

 Head : width 1-12 mm., vertex '50 mm. ; position nearly vertical, eyes large, 

 somewhat flattened, frons sulcate each side above base of antenna. Rostrum 

 broken. Antennae : segment I, length -26 mm. ; II, 1-25 mm. ; III, '39 mm. ; 

 IV, -56 mm. Pronotum : length -84 mm., width at base 1-47 mm. ; minutely 

 punctate on disc. Scutellum strongly convex although flattened on disc, 

 minutely transversely rugulose but not distinctly punctate ; lateral margins 

 bulging somewhat over edge of clavus, although difficult to depict in a drawing 

 of the dorsal aspect. Hemielytra subtranslucent, very finely yet distinctly 

 punctate ; cuneus and membrane sharply deflexed, as shown in the figure ; 

 embolar margins arcuate, edges rather sharp. Legs as shown in the figure. 

 Genital claspers small and inconspicuous ; however, the segment wall forms a 

 prominent, bluntly rounded, posteriorly projecting lobe above left clasper. 



Upolu : — Apia : ^ specimen (holotype), 1,200 ft., 20.ii.l925 (Buxton & 

 Hopkins). 



Lasiochilus {Dilasia) fruhstorferi Poppius, Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., xxxvii, No. 9, p. 9, 1909. 



Upolu : — Vailima : 1 specimen, 3.vi.l924 (Buxton & Hopkins). 



Originally described from the island of Lombok and not reported from 

 elsewhere since. The writer is indebted to Dr. H. M. Harris for assistance in 

 determination of this species. The single specimen agrees with the original 

 description in every respect, except for a slight discrepancy in comparing length 

 of second antennal segment with width of head. We find that the second 

 antennal segment is not equal to width of head across eyes, in fact equal to 

 only slightly more than width of vertex plus one eye. ...of^'^" ''^^nX 



Family ANTHOCORIDAE. 

 33. Lasiochilus (Dilasia) fruhstorferi Poppius. 



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