226 " - INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



impunctate, shining. Rostrum, length 1-08 mm., reaching upon hind 

 coxae. Antennae : segment I, length -49 mm., cylindrical ; II, 1-08 mm., 

 cylindrical, only slightly more slender toward base ; III, -78 mm. ; IV, -30 mm. 

 Pronotum : length -91 mm., width at base 1-27 mm. ; rather coarsely and 

 closely punctate on disc and sides, more finely punctate on swellings of the 

 indistinct calli ; collar narrow, stricture deep, but somewhat overhung by the 

 anterior edge of pronotal disc. Scutellum moderately convex, distinctly 

 punctate, but punctures smaller than on pronotum. Clavus coarsely but more 

 sparsely punctate than disc of pronotum, corium with a row of punctures 

 bordering clavus and embolium, also five or six punctures on basal, half ; cuneus 

 impunctate. Cuneus and membrane strongly deflexed, areoles of the usual 

 type. Legs normal for the group, finely pubescent, tibia with two rows of 

 spines, their length not exceeding diameter of tibia. Arolia and claws similar 

 to that in Lygus. Genital claspers distinctive. 



Tutuila : — 3 specimens (including holotype and $ allotype), 21.vii.l918, 

 1,200 ft. ; 3 specimens, 760-900 ft., iv.l918, 1 specimen, 1,000 ft., 13.X.1918 ; 



1 specimen, 21.vi.l918, 1,070 ft., eastern end of island ; 2 specimens, 900- 

 1,200 ft., centre of island (Kellers ); Pago Pago : 1 specimen, 18.iv.l924 (Bryan) ; 



2 specimens, 20.ix.l923, 1 specimen, 24.ix.1924 (Swezey & Wilder). 



Savaii : — Safune : 1 specimen, 5.V.1924, 1 specimen, ll.v.1924, 1,000- 

 2,000 ft. (Bryan). 



Paurolygus, gen. n. 



Allied to Lygus Hahn and related genera, but distinguished by several 

 characters. Form and shining surface suggestive of a small Deraeocoris, but the 

 claws and arolia place it in the subfamily Capsinae. Arolia large and prominent, 

 equal to size of claws, attached only at base and extending free as far as tip of 

 claws (Fig. 9). Head strongly transverse, vertical, eyes large and prominent, 

 frons sulcate each side above base of antenna ; clypeus not separated by a 

 distinct suture at base ; carina of vertex slightly ante-basal, median line of 

 collum impressed. Antennal segment II cylindrical ((J), equal in thickness to 

 segment I, closely pubescent. Scutellum large, convex, although flattened on 

 disc, lateral margins bulging somewhat and overhanging the claval margin. 

 Glabrous, only very finely punctate. Cuneus and membrane strongly deflexed. 



Genotype : — Paurolygus scutatus, n. sp. 



